drawing board

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Recent Examples of drawing board But the Sackett case could send the agency back to the drawing board, according to Paul Botts, the president and executive director of the Wetlands Initiative. Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2023 However, later on, issues might arise within the group, or a flawed plan could require you all to go back to the drawing board. Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023 This sends both proponents and opponents of increasing the minimum wage back to the drawing board. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 2023 A number of potentially better reactor types have been stuck on drawing boards or at the experimental stage for decades. IEEE Spectrum, 24 Mar. 2015 See All Example Sentences for drawing board
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawing board
Noun
  • Pasquantino, 28, experienced a hallmark season at first base and provided production in the middle of the Royals’ order.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Familiar with a position changes, like one Machado someday may face, Pujols was moved from third base to first base after his first minor league season.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As this tricky forecast comes into focus, all signs point to Jamaica being ground zero for what could become one of the most destructive hurricanes of the season.
    Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Academics, educators and critics alike refer to Oklahoma as ground zero for pushing education to the right.
    Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • They should have been gone on day one, which conveniently coincided with their council’s statutory biannual review and renewal, neither of which appears to have been conducted.
    Paul du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement Starting again from day one The world that follows is quieter.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Teasing the new season at the beginning of the first episode, which dropped on Thursday, the entrepreneur and reality star is seen going into an MRI scanner with her head appearing to be bandaged.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The embezzlement accusations would turn out to be just the beginning of Ozer’s troubles.
    Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Moreover, Ohtani is the only player in postseason history with at least one pitching start and multiple home runs in a single postseason.
    Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • If what once felt easy starts to get complicated, don’t be discouraged.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, the Mets are back to square one, pondering a new kind of disappointment.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • That’s if Subramanian doesn’t toss the whole thing or send it back to square one, an unlikely possibility but still a possibility.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Drawing board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawing%20board. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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