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pinned (down)

verb

past tense of pin (down)

as in selected

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Boeing was selected for the F-47 Engineering and Manufacturing Development contract in 2025.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
The film has also been selected as Latvia’s entry for the best international feature film Oscar category at the 99th Academy Awards in 2027.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

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The bond would require a citizens’ oversight committee and annual independent performance and financial audits to ensure the money is spent as specified in the measure.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
It’s never specified what Rose’s impulse is for passing as a man, beyond the freedom of it.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of specified

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NFTs—unique, transferable records on a blockchain, often linked through metadata to a digital image, animation, or piece of code—were established as stand-alone value units on Ethereum in 2018 and subsequently traded as digital art.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
The service The warm welcome, exacting attention to detail, and discreet ubiquity of the Raffles butlers more than live up to the high expectation Raffles has established as a brand.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026

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The poll found voters preferred Brown to Husted by 10 points on issues involving AI and data centers.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026
Worse still, the most energizing talks tended to be ignored by many of the academics in attendance, who preferred to ask questions that indirectly linked back to their area of specialism.

— Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 29 Sep. 2026

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Investigators determined the cause of death was strangulation and loss of blood due to blunt force injuries.

— Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Instead of time spent in practice, the key to success, as Susman and fellow researchers determined, turned out to be consistency.

— Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of determined

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Of the 39 who cover the stock, 24 rate it as a hold, while another three assigned an underperform rating, LSEG data shows.

— Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
The Natalie ballet flat, a more romantic and free silhouette adorned with an asymmetric bow, is assigned to Marianne (Creed-Miles).

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

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The prime minister and chief of staff had picked the general to coordinate the military mission of flipping Hungary to the Allied side.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Seurer was picked by the Seahawks in the third round of the 1984 Supplemental Draft, but initially passed on playing in the NFL and was in the upstart USFL with the Los Angeles Express.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026

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