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[pin-point] / ˈpɪnˌpɔɪnt /


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"As time goes by, it becomes more difficult to pinpoint the areas where these nodules are likely to be," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

The sounds come from all over, a mix of old and new whose origins are difficult to pinpoint, and they are assembled to conjure amusement and delight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

But to pinpoint his net worth at a specific point in time, MarketWatch used the 1901 buyout of Carnegie Steel to J.P Morgan as a benchmark for his peak wealth.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The air board started working with Carbon Mapper last spring to pinpoint methane emissions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

When Auk XVI was just a pinpoint in the sky, it arced over smoothly and dropped downrange.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Three decades after predicting the Asian crisis of 1997, one strategist pinpoints similarities between the financial contagion that spread across Asian economies then and the current AI investment boom that he thinks is a bubble.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

To repeat, possible Japanese intervention would reverse the flow of liquidity into global markets that Edwards pinpoints.

From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025

A second, higher-resolution projection targets the midbrain with added precision and pinpoints dopaminergic neurons.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2025

He pinpoints his pitches with so much accuracy around the plate that batters are left feeling awkward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025

Some of them looked at her, and their eyes were pinpoints of light: gold and silver and emerald green.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

The New Mexico jury that on Sept. 25 found Meta guilty of years of deceit pinpointed numerous allegedly deceptive statements that Zuckerberg, his then-deputy, Sheryl Sandberg, and other executives made after the 2019 fine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

So in March, he emailed the inmate he pinpointed as the one who fleeced Monk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

He was initially tested for Lyme, and it wasn’t until a monthslong antibody study that the Bourbon virus—so far found in only a handful of cases nationwide—was finally pinpointed as the culprit.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Though he professed to not know the mainland scene "very well", he pinpointed animation and small-scale productions as bright spots.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

Jerry leaped toward him, low, aiming for that vulnerable territory of the knees, the target pinpointed by the coach.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

“The lab allowed Johnson and Skenes to analyze every aspect of his delivery in three dimensions, pinpointing inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement,” Mr. Friedman writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

FactSet is pinpointing $59.5 billion, at the midpoint of that range.

From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026

But then there’s like a plethora of these phases of my life that are marked on YouTube, pinpointing the different ages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Future research will focus on pinpointing the specific factors involved and determining whether they can be safely targeted in people.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2026

One later event appears to offer some hope in pinpointing the location of the Library.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro


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