pencils

verb

Definition of pencilsnext
present tense third-person singular of pencil
as in inks

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  • Cheng Xin | Getty Images Rocket Lab shares have jumped 14% this week as the aerospace company inks new launch deals in the burgeoning space tech industry.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • John Kell OpenAI, Databricks inks AI agents pact.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
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