NAILS (DOWN) Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

nails (down)

verb

present tense third-person singular of nail (down)

as in proves

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Burnham is the country’s seventh prime minister in a decade, as one political leader after another proves no match for a stubbornly weak economy, which has weighed on incomes and living standards, wearing down the electorate.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
But their journey to catch up with the Rivermen proves increasingly difficult, after one of their horses gets caught in a trap.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 20 July 2026

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To comfortably afford that unit, someone would need to earn roughly $47 an hour, or $97,000 a year — well above Florida’s $14 minimum wage, a new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition shows.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Bystander video filmed from a nearby car shows officers on the ground at an intersection, struggling with a man who is then pulled up to his feet.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

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Beyond rare earth elements, the study establishes a broader design principle for ion separation.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026
When the iPhone 18 does arrive, and Apple establishes Siri AI, the resale value of the iPhone 17 will fall even faster.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of establishes

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Treasury ensures execution with cross-border alignment and legal discipline.

— Alfonso Cahero, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Securing the ballot box ensures that our election outcomes are indisputable and that our local representation truly reflects the will of the eligible voters in District 100.

— Yoni Anijar, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026

Definition of ensures

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The company insures about 25% of Californians, including some employees of the Los Angeles Times.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
That latter point, about the growing unaffordability of the things Allianz insures, has become a defining issue for his strategy.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 July 2026

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