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pin (down)

verb

Definition of pin (down)

as in to select

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The Royals selected him in the second round of the 2019 MLB Draft out of Arizona State.

— Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
The Sandy Springs City Council this week selected a new development team for the second phase of City Springs.

— Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of select

Verb

Price optimization means choosing prices that advance business goals, such as increasing profits, attracting shoppers or clearing unsold goods.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
How to choose the right butternut squash Squash should have a uniform beige color and the surface should be matte, not glossy.

— Candy Hom, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of choose

Verb

How fast the benefits of a truly life-changing technology flow through the economy is the actual measure of how fast it is being adopted.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Variety reports that the psychological thriller, which stars Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio as a married couple who travel to European small town to adopt a baby, will feature a cameo from Charli.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of adopt

Verb

The Kern County Coroner’s office will determine his cause of death, Hardy said.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The spacecraft is expected to land near the Moon’s south pole, where the computer will undergo tests to determine whether advanced computing systems can operate reliably in the lunar environment.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of determine

Verb

Around the same time, Congress established the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, an administrative body that adjudicates patent disputes.

— Andrei Iancu, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
During preliminary sea trials, operators aboard the carrier used the ship’s Unmanned Air Warfare Center (UAWC) to establish a beyond-line-of-sight connection with the aircraft through a satellite network.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of establish

Verb

Participants were randomly assigned to receive either the vaccine with pembrolizumab or placebo injections alongside the immune treatment.

— Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
Students were randomly assigned to the roles of guards or inmates, with the guards pressured to maintain order by any means necessary.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of assign

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