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According to archaeologists, these ancient farmers piled up stones and soil to form a body, pincers, and a curved tail with a stinger.—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025 Crabs may be small, but those pincers can do a lot of damage.—Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025 Ukrainian forces are now closing in on the Russian Dobropillia salient near Pokrovsk, using a pincer assault from the west and north.—David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 And District 27 would capture much of the Coastal Bend and snake its way north and west and grab central Austin in a pincer grip.—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pincer
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Etymology
Middle English pinceour, from Anglo-French *pinceour, pinchure, from Anglo-French *pincher, pincer to pinch, from Vulgar Latin *pinctiare, *punctiare, from Latin punctum puncture — more at point
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