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
  • Twins manager Rocco Baldelli argued France’s path to first base was obstructed by Santana to no avail.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Lindor caught it off the bounce and heaved the throw from the edge of the grass across the diamond to Alonso at first base.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For 30 years, Hal’s Bar and Grill was ground zero for a burgeoning Venice scene on the street that in 1990 was renamed from West Washington to Abbot Kinney Boulevard.
    Brad Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The reporters quickly figured out that ground zero for RainbowEx was the work force at Papel Prensa, a paper factory and the country’s largest newsprint supplier.
    David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This approach immediately proved fruitful — on day one, Lee and Platts knocked out the instrumentals for three tracks that made it onto Pleasure, including the first two singles.
    Elias Leight, Billboard, 1 May 2025
  • The advertising frontier represents yet another example of how crypto casinos operate in regulatory gray areas, constantly adapting to reach audiences globally from day one.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Finding new degrees of colorful suits, flowing capes, and animal print jumpsuits supported the show’s tone from the beginning, but has increasingly become part of the HBO series’s comedy in its own right.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 4 May 2025
  • The latter two retained the absolutist moral vision that had characterized Western stances at the beginning of the war, clashing with the U.S.’s new position.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • Diddy plea deal denied, Cassie video to be allowed as evidence In the lead-up to the May 5 start date, attorneys for the prosecution and the defense have been in court for pretrial hearings to discuss various procedural matters.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 May 2025
  • What time does The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 start?
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • Leadership turnover, regulatory shifts and business pivots often send companies back to square one.
    Sudhir Menon, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • But Woodwork eventually closed, and Hudson was back to square one.
    Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025

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“Drawing board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawing%20board. Accessed 10 May. 2025.

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