pinned

verb

past tense of pin
as in mounted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinned
  1. mounted
  2. suspended
  3. draped
  4. slung
  5. hung
  6. dangled
  7. strung
  8. hooked
Verb
  • Peter Dominguez, the president of California Surfaces, a countertop fabrication and installation company in Santa Fe Springs, in Los Angeles County, has watched in recent years as silicosis cases climbed and lawsuits mounted.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Although Congress has authority over the cultural behemoth, the White House has in just the last two years issued executive orders, been extremely hands-on in its public signage, and mounted pressure campaigns to fire directors and censor artworks.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of mounted
Verb
  • The referendum would have suspended the law pending a statewide vote.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026
  • For residents, the question is no longer just whether the Houthi attacks will stop, but how long will this suspended version of life continue.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of suspended
Verb
  • Instead of wearing a pullover as-is, people are using sweaters in lieu of an accessory—draped over the shoulders like a scarf or tied around the waist like a belt.
    — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The funeral car draped with floral arrangements arrived slowly to the church in the town of Navahermosa in central Spain.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of draped
Verb
  • Atop her groutfit, Rihanna added an extra dose of cozy with a white shag coat, worn slung over her shoulders.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The final sprint to Tuesday's midterm elections has kicked up a flurry of headlines about attack ads slung by candidates and verbal jabs thrown by current and former occupants of the White House.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of slung
Verb
  • In Florida, Republicans hung onto control in what has been a GOP bastion for much of the past two decades.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Leo has been hung outside his house, with Clive and a group of men looking on.
    — Reshma Gopaldas, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of hung
Verb
  • But the New England Patriots’ Christian Barmore, 27, who is signed long-term, and the Philadelphia Eagles’ Moro Ojomo, 25, who is on an expiring contract, are two names being dangled around the league who might help New York.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The bottom of the gown featured a semi-sheer black skirt that provided a stark contrast to the strings of head-to-toe crystal fringe that dangled from Kardashian’s shoulders to the hem of her floor-length skirt.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of dangled
Verb
  • Look for the poles, the veteran balloon pilot explains to the two men along for the ride, because sometimes the thin lines strung between them all but disappear against the ground below.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Short said the tobacco strung at the fair — which was grown at the nearby Oxford Tobacco Research Station — will be sold to a contractor and likely go into cigarettes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of strung
Verb
  • Frank Nazar had a prime opportunity to put the Hawks back ahead less than four minutes later — he was given a penalty shot after defenseman Andreas Englund hooked him on a breakaway.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In 1836, Charles Dickens hooked the good people of England on a story about a traveling men’s group.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of hooked
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