NAILING (DOWN) Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

nailing (down)

verb

present participle of nail (down)

as in establishing

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Those visuals will go a long way in establishing him as a bona fide baddie.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Alpha has achieved several successful launches, but setbacks and failures have kept Firefly from establishing a routine launch cadence.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of establishing

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Just a twenty‑page pamphlet by Guy Wyser‑Pratte, one of the earliest practitioners, which mostly gestured at concepts rather than showing how to apply them.

— Alec Litowitz, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
The decision comes on the heels of a new UCLA study showing thefts of the automakers’ most vulnerable models will probably plague Los Angeles for years to come.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of showing

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Grow Familiarity Through Repeated Positive Experiences Build awareness by proving consistency, not popularity.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Started in 2019, FuelFest is a traveling exhibition that’s proving as endearing and enduring as its cinematic inspiration.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of proving

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The job is determining which structures still serve the business, and which persist only from historical habit.

— Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Since late in the 2024-25 season, determining the facts around an offside decision has been handed over to AI and involves dozens of cameras being fixed around every stadium.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of determining

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Within 24 hours of launch, the team completed the commissioning of the payload, demonstrating how the optics system can support rapid action and decision-making in space operations.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
The 2026 midterm elections are also demonstrating how issues that begin as disputes between local governments and residents can spread across the country and become part of national political identities.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026

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