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pin

verb as in attach, hold in place

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"While puberty offers a clear start, the end of adolescence is much harder to pin down scientifically. Based purely on neural architecture, we found that adolescent-like changes in brain structure end around the early thirties."

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After Spencer pinned Matthew Maynard - an England international - leg before wicket, Richards swaggered to the crease to a standing ovation.

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Over the past twenty years, this shelf has developed increasing fractures around a major shear zone located upstream of that pinning point.

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Another crucial part of the research involved pinning down the age of the fossils and reconstructing the ancient environments in which these hominins lived.

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And then there were train enthusiasts like an 11-year-old passenger, who was wearing a homemade California Zephyr shirt, a blue Amtrak baseball hat and a lanyard with collectible pins.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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