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pin

[pin] / pɪn /
VERB
attach, hold in place
Synonyms
STRONGEST
affix bind clasp fasten fix
STRONG
close immobilize join pinion press restrain secure
WEAK
hold down hold fast
Antonyms
STRONGEST
detach let go loose loosen release unfasten
STRONG
disjoin
WEAK
unlatch unpin

Example Sentences

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Lü Pin, a freelance journalist, also felt she had plenty of space for expression in 2009 when she launched Feminist Voices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

The return of the wearable tech comes about a year after the discontinuation of a Humane AI Pin panned by reviewers after it was launched amid high expectations in early 2024.

From Barron's • Jan. 11, 2026

Officers seized Robinson's iPhone and asked him to provide the Pin but he refused arguing that the device contained confidential journalistic material.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

Pin a high score to your name in this week’s Slate News Quiz.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2025

Pin to the inside of her coat was candy bars, bags of chips, packages of peanut-butter crackers, little sacks of cookies, and all kinds of stuff.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles

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