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Recent Examples of pin
Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2025
If the key is taken to be some primordial tradition, echoing faintly across world literature after tens of millennia, any effort to pin it down looks hopeless.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Cody Godwin, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The e-note is now home to pogo pins for effortless attachment and connectivity to a keyboard cover, transforming the device into a 2-in-1 ePaper workstation.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
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Noun
These delicate velvet bows are slightly understated; pin them to the tree in lieu of ornaments for a charming coquettish vibe or have the two join forces for maximum drama.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2025
If the key is taken to be some primordial tradition, echoing faintly across world literature after tens of millennia, any effort to pin it down looks hopeless.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
The app adds pins to houses, and tapping on them reveals more details, such as whether the home has spooky fun decorations, is welcoming trick or treaters or hosting a community event.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The e-note is now home to pogo pins for effortless attachment and connectivity to a keyboard cover, transforming the device into a 2-in-1 ePaper workstation.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pin
Noun
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The Softstreme High-rise Wide-leg Cropped Pant has a weighty drape that adds an elegant edge to what otherwise feels like loungewear, given how remarkably soft the Softstreme fabric is.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Oct. 2025
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Rashee Rice offers another layer to this offense, which eases the burden on Mahomes’ legs and makes every other target better.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Toronto would tack on another run on a Andrés Giménez sacrifice fly.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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That means Southerners dreaming of a vacation at sea no longer need to tack on a trip to Florida or New Orleans to set sail.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When mounted under a UAV, the Milvus can spot and track targets day or night.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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Overharvesting and pollution with sediments, sewage, and fertilizer have mounted ever since the 1700s, a century after the first English settlement, Jamestown, was established on the James River that feeds into the bay.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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With the Dodgers’ season on the line, Rojas hooked Hoffman’s elevated slider into the first row of left-field seats, stealing the spotlight from Ohtani while sending his teammates spilling from the first-base dugout.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Hahn and Jeff Glaid, the WGFD biologist who conducted the study, told a room full of anglers in 2024 that if regulations didn’t change, and hooking injuries to fish — like bottom jaws torn off and severe scarring — continued, the department would have to start restocking in earnest.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At its height in 2017, there were 150 Farm Bank deli counters slinging cheese that supposedly came from the company’s farms.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Justin Herbert is slinging the pill and Los Angeles’ ground attack has stabilized with second-year back Kimani Vidal, who has two 100-plus-yard games in his last three.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Stuart Jeffery, leader of the council, has written to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, urging the British government to introduce legislation that would grant a general pardon to those executed under the Witchcraft Act of 1562, including the women hanged at Penenden Heath in 1652.—
James Frater,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The single panels have two hanging options, including a 3-inch rod pocket or back tabs that can hold curtain rings.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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On Wednesday, Tomer-Yerushalmi was suspended from her role as military advocate-general, as Israel’s Attorney General Gali Baharav‑Miara announced a criminal investigation into the leak.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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If Fletcher agrees to the terms, the agency would suspend $38,000 in fees and investigation costs.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Nov. 2025
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Ross arrived on the scene in an oversized, off-the-shoulder Marc Jacobs trench coat, dramatically fringed black shoes, and what seemed like piles of gems draped around her neck and dangling from her ears.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
27 Oct. 2025
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The gems dangled from Fox's lace-up bodice, which featured scarlet boning and a sweetheart neckline.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Pin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pin. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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