pinned (on)

past tense of pin (on)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinned (on)
Verb
  • At first, Westergaard blamed the breach on an employee who had accidentally left them open and walked off the job.
    Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Bobbitt should have come forward to the board about the error then, Crile said, since it could have been blamed for the error.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • From Athens to Tuscaloosa, from Oxford to Starkville, Mississippi, alums are putting down roots in their college towns long after graduation.
    Christina Daves, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Brutally put down by Maduro’s thuggish regime, that protest movement gave way to a mass exodus.
    Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Pinned (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinned%20%28on%29. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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