Thesaurus results for PINNING (DOWN)

pinning (down)

verb

present participle of pin (down)

as in singling (out)

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These are anonymous and set up similar to a dating profile, with users selecting their preference in letter types (short and casual versus longer and conversational) and answering one of a handful of prompts to get a conversation starting.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Operators increasingly weigh automation, operating costs and pilot workload when selecting aircraft.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of selecting

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Israeli officials said the strikes intended to prevent Turkey from establishing a presence at the base.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
The officials said the work would focus on identifying the most strategic projects, securing financing and establishing roles for French companies.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of establishing

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Kosup said a key challenge of determining the right ways to retrofit the bridge is the need to maintain the width of two navigational channels on the bridge’s eastern side near San Diego.

— David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026
The project, named Octo-Blu, started in 2024 with a first phase of lab experimentation that included determining how to rear the baby octopuses.

— Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of determining

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According to Heat World, the Oscar-winning actress is considering adopting another child.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 23 Aug. 2026
Venture capitalists are quickly adopting AI for tasks like sourcing and research, with firms leveraging it to structure meeting notes and manage institutional memory.

— Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of adopting

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Trump’s top trade negotiator, Jamieson Greer, pledged additional measures to respond to Canada’s retaliation, without immediately specifying what that would look like.

— Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
The resulting analysis showed that sellers were very much aware of any legal issues associated with the sale and shipment of mummified human remains, often specifying geographical locations where laws forbid such transfers.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of specifying

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Reports had previously spread about Flick choosing another La Masia pearl in Jordi Pesquer.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Mourinho kept him on until the 79th minute, choosing instead to replace Bernardo and Guler in the 63rd minute, even though both appeared to have more energy left in the tank than Bellingham.

— Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of choosing

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Rota chose to live in Southern Italy, in Bari, preferring it to his native Milan and Rome, the country’s capital of cinema.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
At its most recent meeting in July, three committee members dissented from the decision, preferring to raise the target range by a quarter-point.

— Rachel Barber, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of preferring

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Key recommendations include honest employee briefings, setting internal AI usage guidelines, documenting AI use, and assigning C-suite ownership for AI's IP implications to protect ROI in this evolving landscape.

— Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The Kowalczyk decision reset the status quo for money bail, ruling that judges must consider other non-monetary alternatives before assigning bail.

— Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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