nailed (down)

verb

past tense of nail (down)
as in established

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  1. established
  2. proved
  3. determined
  4. demonstrated
  5. showed
  6. insured
  7. specified
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  • But Susser said the unease might also reflect that society hasn’t quite established clear norms around AI use.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Lakers won five championships during the ’80s and established themselves as the league’s glamour franchise.
    — Law Murray, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of established
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  • Unfortunately, pandemic restrictions on public gatherings meant there was no championship parade, and the title proved to be the lone triumph of James’ Lakers era.
    — Law Murray, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • While the armed services have struggled with recruiting in recent years, those problems have largely eased and retention has generally proved less of a challenge, data from the armed services show.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of proved
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  • Panettiere’s official cause and manner of death have not been determined, as additional testing results are pending.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • An initial investigation determined the incident stemmed from an ongoing dispute between two students, police said.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of determined
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  • Increased regular season importance Arguably the biggest criticism of the current 18-team format is that there was too little reward for teams who demonstrated regular season excellence.
    — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Three arms, one vessel ORNL recently demonstrated the technology by printing a nuclear-relevant pressure vessel measuring roughly three feet by five feet.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of demonstrated
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  • One showed the Ohio State University football mascot, Brutus Buckeye, tackling Buc-ee the beaver.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Police said security camera footage showed that Alisa Goods had fallen down an embankment and collapsed and couldn’t be seen from the adjacent roadway, Wayne Newton Boulevard.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of showed
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  • While that program held Colorado to a 7% decrease in ACA enrollments over last year, keeping roughly 28,000 Coloradans insured, our neighbor Oklahoma experienced a staggering 32% decrease in enrollment this year.
    — Diana DeGette, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The number of homes insured by FAIR Plan has surged 146% since 2022, according to a legislative analysis.
    — John Woolfolk, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of insured
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  • According to Jason Lloyd of The Athletic, the Buss family trust specified that whenever any of the siblings died, their shares would be equally disbursed among the remaining siblings.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Union keeps track of zombie programs In January, Congress passed an appropriations bill, which became law, that specified funding for more than 200 projects and activities.
    — Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
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