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Ronny Mauricio recently started baseball activities, but the Mets aren’t about to pencil the infielder in for a spring training position battle just yet.
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
Roberts penciled him into the lineup, batting third, against the Philadelphia Phillies.
—Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
Going forward, the analysts have penciled a 15% CAGR (compound average growth rate) for Fiem’s revenue between full-year 2024 and full-year 2027, and 19% CAGR for its earnings.
—Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
And under San Francisco Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener’s SB 937, developers won’t have to pay impact fees — which are imposed by local governments on new construction — until the project is complete, a move intended to help reduce their costs and make more projects pencil out.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
Roberts penciled him into the lineup, batting third, against the Philadelphia Phillies.
—Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
Going forward, the analysts have penciled a 15% CAGR (compound average growth rate) for Fiem’s revenue between full-year 2024 and full-year 2027, and 19% CAGR for its earnings.
—Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
And under San Francisco Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener’s SB 937, developers won’t have to pay impact fees — which are imposed by local governments on new construction — until the project is complete, a move intended to help reduce their costs and make more projects pencil out.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Pencil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pencil. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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