pencil sharpener
noun
: a device used to make the tip of a pencil sharp so that it can be used for writing
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An electric pencil sharpener is a must-have for those who love to sketch.
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Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024
Before the session starts, office equipment and binders are taken out of desks and the now exotic whirl of a pencil sharpener can be heard in the background.
—Ben Jacobs, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 June 2024
The announcement arrives two months after Greenwood joined Instagram, where his first few posts featured his dogs and a pencil sharpener.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
For roughly two years, Connelly has been on a mission to track down every interesting historical tool, book, clock, photo, pencil sharpener, cotton sample and stop-action motion picture camera still lurking in the thousands of rooms that make up the USDA.
—Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2023
There are no knickknacks, no works of art; the only appliances are a coffee maker and an electric pencil sharpener.
—New York Times, 8 Jan. 2021
It may not be listed on a school supply list, though the metal pencil sharpener is an iconic classroom tool.
—Fox News, 27 Aug. 2022
She isn’t allowed to use the pencil sharpener, so asks a correctional officer to sharpen her pencils.
—New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
On February 9, 2021, however, the San Francisco Board of Education voted to make the lottery admissions system permanent, and responses suggested someone with a pinkie in a pencil sharpener.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
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Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024
Before the session starts, office equipment and binders are taken out of desks and the now exotic whirl of a pencil sharpener can be heard in the background.
—Ben Jacobs, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 June 2024
The announcement arrives two months after Greenwood joined Instagram, where his first few posts featured his dogs and a pencil sharpener.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
For roughly two years, Connelly has been on a mission to track down every interesting historical tool, book, clock, photo, pencil sharpener, cotton sample and stop-action motion picture camera still lurking in the thousands of rooms that make up the USDA.
—Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2023
There are no knickknacks, no works of art; the only appliances are a coffee maker and an electric pencil sharpener.
—New York Times, 8 Jan. 2021
It may not be listed on a school supply list, though the metal pencil sharpener is an iconic classroom tool.
—Fox News, 27 Aug. 2022
She isn’t allowed to use the pencil sharpener, so asks a correctional officer to sharpen her pencils.
—New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
On February 9, 2021, however, the San Francisco Board of Education voted to make the lottery admissions system permanent, and responses suggested someone with a pinkie in a pencil sharpener.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
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“Pencil sharpener.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pencil%20sharpener. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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