pushpin
noun
push·pin
ˈpu̇sh-ˌpin 
: a pin that has a roughly cylindrical head and that is easily inserted and withdrawn (as from a bulletin board)
Examples of pushpin in a Sentence
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Simply use the pushpin to punch a small hole close to the middle of one of the cards and you're done.
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The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
Behind him, multicolor pushpins dotted a naked corkboard.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
Some of the items that were lodged in people’s ears included a cufflink, wet tissues, a plastic sword, an insect, a rock, a lollipop, a charger, a piece of ice cream cone, a pushpin, a pencil eraser and a Battleship game piece.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2023
Matchsticks are the bars of fire escapes, a pushpin is a light bulb, a paper clip fixed just right to a Popsicle stick end is a padlock, plastic beads are wheels on a dumpster.
—Liza Weisstuch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
And remember,a phone's GPS may not be entirely accurate, especially if there are several tall buildings around, and so riders should review their map location and tweak if necessary (by moving the pushpin on the map).
—Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
Then using the pushpin thumbtack, poke holes up and down the bag.
—Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2023
The location of the fractal drainages pictured in the image at the top of this post is marked here with the red pushpin.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2013
Make a small desk seem bigger with the addition of cork or pushpin boards.
—Grace Gallagher, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022
The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
Behind him, multicolor pushpins dotted a naked corkboard.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
Some of the items that were lodged in people’s ears included a cufflink, wet tissues, a plastic sword, an insect, a rock, a lollipop, a charger, a piece of ice cream cone, a pushpin, a pencil eraser and a Battleship game piece.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2023
Matchsticks are the bars of fire escapes, a pushpin is a light bulb, a paper clip fixed just right to a Popsicle stick end is a padlock, plastic beads are wheels on a dumpster.
—Liza Weisstuch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
And remember,a phone's GPS may not be entirely accurate, especially if there are several tall buildings around, and so riders should review their map location and tweak if necessary (by moving the pushpin on the map).
—Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
Then using the pushpin thumbtack, poke holes up and down the bag.
—Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2023
The location of the fractal drainages pictured in the image at the top of this post is marked here with the red pushpin.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2013
Make a small desk seem bigger with the addition of cork or pushpin boards.
—Grace Gallagher, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022
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“Pushpin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pushpin. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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