Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinning (down)
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The council was charged with selecting Haiti's prime minister in a bid to quickly bring some stability to the beleaguered country.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026 -
Surveys of executives consistently show that responsible AI practices are becoming an important factor when selecting vendors.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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There is a way that this could have been done better, utilizing visual storytelling, establishing atmosphere and a sense of place that could have given a sense of the music, its large appeal and the circumstances that shaped it, while also allowing JayDee to shine in his own way.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are widely credited with establishing the market through their weekly GLP-1 injections for obesity and diabetes, which have surged in popularity in recent years.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2026
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For 2025, the IRS made meaningful inflation adjustments to the federal tax brackets and the standard deduction, determining how much income is ultimately taxed.—
Emma Waldman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Still, Democrats stridently argued that Congress needs to assert its role in determining when the president can use wartime powers.—
Stephen Groves,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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For many startups in 2026, adopting AI no longer feels like a strategic choice.—
Abdo Riani,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Then, businesses were adopting AI, such as chatbots provided by Microsoft, OpenAI and others.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2026
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Include your name, phone number and email address specifying February Writing Workshop.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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Putting the murder shortlist in one person’s hands, rather than letting the shields do the work of specifying who can be killed off, is a major change that gives the Secret Traitor a ton of power without a ton of explanation for their thinking.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2026
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Users are uniquely choosing to ignore those fixes en masse.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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More women in their late 30s and 40s aren’t just choosing to become first-time mothers—some of them are also entering motherhood on their own, through IVF or donor sperm.—
Akilah Siti Easter,
Parents,
23 Jan. 2026
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Utilities are increasingly reluctant to arrange grid connection deals with middlemen like real estate firms, preferring to deal directly with the tech companies.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The group typically doesn’t send a lot of extra rushers, preferring to rely on four-man pressures with twists and stunts to throw off offensive lines.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
21 Jan. 2026
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Talk about learning from mistakes, without assigning blame or dramatizing setbacks.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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What date will Southwest start assigning seats?—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Pinning (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinning%20%28down%29. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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