pinpoint

Example Sentences

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Instead, it has made it extremely difficult to pinpoint an exact tariff cost for building materials, said Ed Brady, CEO of the Home Builders Institute.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

There was a pinpoint header for the opener, a trademark channel run and rounding of Lize Kop for the second, and a press and poach from the Spurs goalkeeper's error for the third.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Despite how common it is, scientists have struggled to pinpoint exactly what causes this loss of appetite.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

Like many in Israel, Oze, a 43-year-old mother of two, can’t pinpoint exactly when this way of life started to feel normal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

For those extinct American mammals whose bones are available in greatest abundance and have been dated especially accurately, one can pinpoint the extinctions as having occurred around 11,000 B.C.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond