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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pins (down)
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This Is Where the Serpent Lives is a systems novel about who gets to have ambition in the first place in a country where a person’s caste still determines so much of the course of their lives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026 -
What to read next Simply put, the location of the peak emissions determines the star's color.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
11 June 2026
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In this scenario, Mougey keeps his powder dry and selects the best player available.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Dec. 2025
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The game begins once #1 selects a gift from the pile (after much thought and deliberation, of course), opens it, and shows it to everyone.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
2 Dec. 2025
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If the fuel door or owner’s manual specifies 87 octane, that is what the engine is designed to run on.—
John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2026
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The bill specifies that nurse practitioners and physician assistants can sign off on do-not-resuscitate and POLST forms, as well as doctors.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
1 June 2026
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That is, the person who chooses a gratifying activity in the present moment is correct in relation to their current desires, but wrong about their future ones.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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And in the Season 2 finale, Hank chooses to his wipe his memory clean.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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Jaouen consistently adopts a balanced stance with slightly bent knees, hands positioned around waist height and his weight moving forward.—
Matt Pyzdrowski,
New York Times,
8 June 2026
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Since the electron’s motional states are quantized, the resonator adopts one or two states during the experimental procedure, which is the potential building block of a qubit.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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Our methodology assigns a weight to each category based on how frequently states cite it as a selling point.—
Scott Cohn,
CNBC,
10 July 2025
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Florida’s standardized tests are high-stakes with some scores from some exams being used for promotion and graduation decisions and the results factoring into the A-to-F grades the state assigns public schools.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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Check out our top picks below and save up to 42 percent.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
11 June 2026
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Top picks Dijkum sees specific opportunities in retail, office and hotel REITs.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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The new prototype is the final aircraft to join Vertical’s flight test fleet before the Company completes Critical Design Review (CDR), a major programme milestone that establishes the design baseline for certification.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
11 June 2026
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The rule establishes a process to determine how contracts will be prohibited.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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“Pins (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pins%20%28down%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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