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The phrase "as a pencil" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are making a comparison or analogy involving a pencil, often to illustrate a point about functionality or characteristics.
Example: "She wrote her thoughts down as a pencil sketches an idea on paper."
Alternatives: "like a pencil" or "similar to a pencil".
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His hat doubles as a pencil caddy!
The front page of The New York Times begins as a pencil drawing (on green paper).
The roots were strong and about as thick as a pencil.
And he has carefully, fastidiously reproduced it as a pencil drawing.
A simple, cost-effective water bottle that doubles as a pencil holder and sharpener.
Take cuttings as thick as a pencil in June or July, he advised.
He captures the strangeness of seeing a tool as simple as a pencil disassembled into its even simpler component parts.
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Our war intensified as he began portraying me to friends as a pencil-necked geek.
The app has tools to add color to the image, or it can stay as a pencil-like sketch.
"Is it a man?" he whispered, as a pencil-thin female impersonator whooped on to the stage in a blizzard of sequins and intimately subdued body parts.
Similar comparison may be given as a pencil-case in which one tries to find a sharpener and spreads stationery with his/her fingers.
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