I suppose 300.4(B)(4) could lead to this confusion but it does not appear that this condition applies. (2017)

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(4) Column-Width Panelboard Enclosures. Where an auxiliary
gutter runs between a column-width panelboard and a pull
box, and the pull box includes neutral terminations, the
neutral conductors of circuits supplied from the panelboard
shall be permitted to originate in the pull box.

Greg Fretwell