Examples of on the drawing board in a Sentence
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Back in 2017, the Gables Riverwalk tower was just a plan on the drawing board — and a controversial one at that.
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Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024
Although the Russian space program repeatedly talks about replacing the Soyuz with a newer line of rockets, such boosters remain firmly on the drawing board.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Apr. 2024
Adams pushed for the technology in 2022 after a gunman shot up an N train in Sunset Park, but the idea remained on the drawing board amid logistical concerns.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2024
Artificial intelligence is a much more immature technology; its use in the current conflict is still quite limited, with its most tantalizing applications—coordinating drone swarms or assisting human pilots in carrying out air operations—still on the drawing board.
—Lauren Kahn, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2022
But, as of this week, the work remains on the drawing board, and Alvarado is no longer even operating under that name.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
Indeed, coal plants have gotten more expensive to run as a result of federal environmental regulations to reduce emissions of toxic pollutants, and few new plants are on the drawing board.
—Varun Sivaram, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2017
These lines have been on the drawing board for years, but utilities in the neighboring regions have not moved them forward.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2024
Metro Denver has about 120,000 new apartment units on the drawing board.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2024
Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024
Although the Russian space program repeatedly talks about replacing the Soyuz with a newer line of rockets, such boosters remain firmly on the drawing board.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Apr. 2024
Adams pushed for the technology in 2022 after a gunman shot up an N train in Sunset Park, but the idea remained on the drawing board amid logistical concerns.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2024
Artificial intelligence is a much more immature technology; its use in the current conflict is still quite limited, with its most tantalizing applications—coordinating drone swarms or assisting human pilots in carrying out air operations—still on the drawing board.
—Lauren Kahn, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2022
But, as of this week, the work remains on the drawing board, and Alvarado is no longer even operating under that name.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
Indeed, coal plants have gotten more expensive to run as a result of federal environmental regulations to reduce emissions of toxic pollutants, and few new plants are on the drawing board.
—Varun Sivaram, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2017
These lines have been on the drawing board for years, but utilities in the neighboring regions have not moved them forward.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2024
Metro Denver has about 120,000 new apartment units on the drawing board.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2024
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