as in puncture
a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument pinholes in a bedsheet will look like stars if you shine a light from behind it

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Recent Examples of pinhole Power, input, settings, profile, and Google Assistant buttons sit above the pad, alongside a pinhole microphone. PCMAG, 19 Feb. 2025 Contaminated cooling water sometimes leaks to the interior through pinholes or poor seams and introduces bacteria that cause spoilage. Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025 Both temples feature downward-firing speaker grilles directly in front of the ear hooks and pinhole microphones near the hinges. PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025 The devices can also be placed over card readers at ATMs, or use pinhole cameras to record customers entering their PINs, according to the FBI. Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pinhole
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Noun
  • Agudelo was transferred to Elmhurst Hospital where she was treated for numerous skull fractures, a puncture wound to her temple and multiple abrasions, according to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
  • The Zainichi documentary filmmaker Park Soo-nam interviewed Korean hibakusha who subsequently arrived in Japan to receive specialized care—for puncture wounds, missing eyes—forty years after the fact.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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  • Mayan stelae and Melanesian slit gongs share the sunlight from a sloped glass wall abutting Central Park which has been specially reëngineered to protect photosensitive works.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • Tate McRae appeared at the F1 premiere in London in a black custom Balenciaga gown with a dramatic slit and tie at the waist.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 25 June 2025

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“Pinhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinhole. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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