pinpointing

present participle of pinpoint

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pinpointing And over the past nine months, a team of judges has been measuring it, pinpointing the exact location of the wave’s base, then stacking images of Slebir’s crouched pose on top of each other like a totem pole up the face of the wave. Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025 Chinese police blocked sensitive news, pinpointing dissidents with unnerving precision. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025 By pinpointing the genes that drove this transformation, scientists now understand the process in much greater detail. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025 Much of his attention that evening is focused on Alma’s star doctoral student Maggie (Ayo Edebiri), who responds to his playful taunting about why her generation is so guarded by pinpointing it to the moment his generation started making sweeping generalizations about them. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025 The Outriggers combine pinpointing capabilities with a large field of view, said Wen-fai Fong, coauthor on the CHIME study and associate professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025 In contrast, data pinpointing the highest-risk areas enables urban planners to strategically place small pocket parks, cool roofs and street trees to help cool the hottest spaces. Dan O'Brien, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2025 This ChatGPT prompt produces multiple content angles at once while also pinpointing monetization opportunities. Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025 When hunting big marshes or rivers, start by pinpointing boat launches and hazards. Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinpointing
Verb
  • This drives both day-to-day operations, like smarter procurement, as well as long-term strategy, like identifying and reducing emissions at the source.
    Sophia Mendelsohn, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • It was built in 1954 by mathematician and organist Leland Sprinkle, who spent years identifying which stalactites would produce the right notes.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Maine Lottery offers several games for those aiming to win big.
    Jay Cannon, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • All the segments understand the assignment, aiming primarily to elicit hoots and hollers.
    James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His eyes darted around, finding nowhere to rest.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Facing one of these situations late in the quarter, Hartman bought time scrambling to his right before finding Brown behind the defense on the sideline for a 38-yard pass to the 9-yard line.
    Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jenkins, a former Brevard County school board member and speech pathologist, released a launch video casting herself as a fighter for working families, drawing on her own experience working multiple jobs to make ends meet.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Laura Lee Yourex, 62, of Costa Mesa, was charged with five felonies, including perjury, procuring or offering a false or forged document to be filed, casting a ballot when not entitled to vote and registering a non-existent person to vote.
    Riley Hoffman, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Pinpointing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinpointing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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