pinned (on)

past tense of pin (on)

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Verb
  • In March 2026, a detainee escaped from the facility, which ICE officials blamed on the contractors' inability to track people housed there.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 9 June 2026
  • Its satellites have been blamed for interfering with astronomical observations and posing an ever-increasing risk of space collisions.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • And that's important not just because movie theaters are communal spaces where audiences are, at least ostensibly, forced to put down their phones and other distractions.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • With the federal government insuring loans on 95 percent of the value of low-cost houses at the time, homebuyers had to put down only 5 percent—and that was waived for veterans.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 June 2026
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“Pinned (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinned%20%28on%29. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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