nailing (down)

verb

present participle of nail (down)
as in establishing

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  1. establishing
  2. showing
  3. proving
  4. determining
  5. demonstrating
  6. ensuring
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  • Most recently, the Los Padres National Forest issued an order, effective Friday night, establishing an emergency closure for the Monterey Ranger District.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The expansion of settlements crisscrossing the West Bank threatened the hope of establishing a contiguous Palestinian state there.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of establishing
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  • And with oil prices showing no sign of returning to pre-Iran war levels this year, pressure is increasing on the Fed to combat that sticky inflation by raising interest rates at its next policy-setting meeting in September.
    — Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
  • An investor gazes at a share price board showing various stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on August 25, 2015.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of showing
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  • Trump remains data-center booster amid bipartisan opposition The rapid expansion of data centers, which house networks and services for digital information and services, is proving to be the rare issue that cuts through party lines.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Under the convention the burden of proving that exclusion falls on the Fund, not the claimant, and Oman has three years to force the question in court.
    — Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of proving
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  • Kosup said a key challenge of determining the right ways to retrofit the bridge is the need to maintain the width of two navigational channels on the bridge’s eastern side near San Diego.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The project, named Octo-Blu, started in 2024 with a first phase of lab experimentation that included determining how to rear the baby octopuses.
    — Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of determining
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  • The next milestone will be moving beyond individual production lines and demonstrating that waste plastic-to-SAF systems can operate reliably, economically and at a scale to become a meaningful source of aviation fuel.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • McKenzie Wilson of Blue Rose Research, a Democratic data firm, said voters have called for sweeping changes in response to economic discontent, demonstrating a level of anger not seen in years.
    — Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of demonstrating
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  • Following learning of the case and ensuring the individual was isolated, the Kane County Health Department began to take steps to identify the places the person may have been to identify any potential contacts.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The president has held firm in his messaging that the priority is ensuring Iran does not have a nuclear weapon.
    — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
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