drawing board

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Recent Examples of drawing board 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 That means business visionaries need to return to the drawing board and rethink their view of the future. Alan Murray, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2023 The rapid onslaught of new variants has sent some firms back to the drawing board while spurring others to call it quits. Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for drawing board
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Noun
  • Other staffers include bench coach Skip Schumaker, third base coach Dino Ebel, first base coach George Lombard, bullpen coach David Ross, and assistant managers Michael Young and Fredi González.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Teammates George Springer, José Berrios, Andrés Giménez, Anthony Santander and Myles Straw, as well as manager John Schneider and first base coach Mark Budzinski, were among those who popped in to watch the ceremony.
    Richard Deitsch, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Latin America, with its high levels of stablecoin adoption, solid talent base and crypto-friendly macro conditions has proven to be ground zero for these solutions.
    Aaron Stanley, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The Mediterranean-style digs that served as ground zero for the long-running E! series Keeping Up With the Kardashians, which turned the Kardashian-Jenner clan into reality stars, has just hit the market for $13.5 million, The New York Times reported.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • To date, every court to have considered Trump's executive order banning birth right citizenship, issued on day one of his administration, has blocked it.
    Christina Gatti, NPR, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Instead, the most successful organizations weave career development into the employee experience from day one.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • At the beginning of last year, Del Rey shared a snippet of the ballad without any context.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025
  • At the beginning of the 2005 season, then–NBA Commissioner David Stern implemented a dress code.
    D. Watkins, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • With his win last year, Scheffler joined Horton Smith as the only two golfers to earn his first two Masters wins in five or fewer starts.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Walmart stock was off to a hot start Wednesday morning, climbing 4 points (5.0%) in the first hour of trading.
    Kevin Ryan, Quartz, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Unless the board can vote on an amendment soon, Johnson is back to square one in figuring out how to fund the upcoming CTU contract — while racing to patch up a $175 million hole in the budget.
    Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Of course, everyone knows how that played out, so now the Jets are back at square one at quarterback.
    Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025

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“Drawing board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawing%20board. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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