NAILED (DOWN) Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

nailed (down)

verb

past tense of nail (down)

as in established

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In October, authorities established a cemetery in the city of Deir al Balah to bury unidentified bodies recovered from around the enclave.

— Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
With more high school and college programs for women's flag football being established in the United States, prospects for young girls like Jones-Robinson appear to be expanding.

— Synai Ferrell, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of established

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For consumption, Temasek sees opportunities in spending on experiences over goods, and homegrown consumer brands that have proved innovation capabilities, over foreign brands.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 July 2026
The Belgian outlet Nieuwsblad reported that the opening has been postponed twice already, first in 2023 due to permit issues and the aftermath of the pandemic, and once more in 2025 when the deadline proved too tight.

— News Desk, Artforum, 8 July 2026

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One died of blunt force trauma and heat stroke, eight others died of heat stroke, and two of the dogs had been cremated and no cause of death was determined, the office said.

— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 11 July 2026
Four years ago, England lost to France in the quarterfinals and is determined to go further this time around.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026

Definition of determined

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More recently, American diplomacy demonstrated that even long-standing disputes between Israel and Lebanon are not beyond negotiation.

— Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
Computer simulations further demonstrated that the decentralized coordination framework can scale to swarms of at least 64 robots.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

Definition of demonstrated

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Corbin’s friendship with Sincere was put to the test during movie night, which showed a montage of clips from the islander’s private conversations.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 12 July 2026
On review, the official withdrew the booking for Paredes and showed one instead to Embolo.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 12 July 2026

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If banks cannot process payments, ships cannot be insured and ports cannot legally receive cargo, then trade can be effectively halted without direct enforcement.

— John Calabrese, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
Those machines need to be licensed and insured and on the street with the cars.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of insured

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The order threatens violators with confiscation, destruction of their devices and punishment (which are not specified).

— Fatima Faizi, NPR, 10 July 2026
All inputs and outputs should be specified using concrete scenarios understood by both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

— Boris Berat, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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