pinning (down)

Definition of pinning (down)next
present participle of pin (down)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinning (down)
Verb
  • Simply depositing money into the account without selecting investments means your contributions may sit as cash, earning little.
    Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Every year, millions of Americans fill out March Madness brackets for the annual men's and women's college basketball tournaments, hoping to fulfill their unrealized dreams of selecting a perfect bracket.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Conservative Republicans were adamant, however, against establishing a precedent that allows Congress during the yearly appropriations process to fund some agencies within Homeland Security, but not others.
    Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Pietro Talini died in the early 1980s and Luigi Talini took over, establishing the nursery as a place for Sacramento gardeners and homeowners to find high-quality plants and helpful service.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The police chief said the department hired an outside firm to investigate the entire ordeal, which includes determining why the patrol was left unlocked.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The numbers, often delayed because of the process of determining overdose deaths, were released this month based on information available March 1 by the federal National Vital Statistics System.
    Kaitlin Coward, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Many hospitals and universities are adopting high-fidelity simulators for surgery, emergency care and trauma response.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
  • But introducing the technology in Los Angeles County Superior Court — one of the country’s largest and busiest trial court systems — could spur other courts to consider adopting their own use of AI.
    Sean Emery, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • An Amazon Web Services (AWS) spokesperson said the disruption was ongoing, without specifying the exact location affected or any potential damage done.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Access and collaborative agreements — and sometimes even land return agreements — come with requirements specifying what tribes can and cannot do with the land.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • As your visibility grows, so does the importance of choosing your associations wisely.
    Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Restaurant industry publications have been noting for the past few years that consumers are choosing healthier options at higher prices.
    Jenna Thompson March 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Banksy is not alone in preferring to remain anonymous.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The vote supporting the pay raise was not unanimous as trustees Michael Allman and Phan Anderson voted against it, preferring instead that board members get the maximum allowed by the state of $2,000 per month.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Voters, in approving adding gambling to the state constitution, approved language assigning up to 15,000 slot machines divided between those facilities.
    Bryan P. Sears, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The Muddy Waters report also alleges that SoFi has been assigning the wrong discount rate to its student loan portfolio—essentially overvaluing it—as well as understating its exposure to loans in default.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Pinning (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinning%20%28down%29. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.

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