- present participle of pinpoint.
pinpointing
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Establishing responsibility was also challenging because it required authorities to share maps pinpointing fire hotspots, with overlapping land claims further complicating matters.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Forecast models can often identify the risk of thunderstorms across a wider area, but pinpointing precisely where and when an individual storm will strike is very hard.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
It turns that data into usable information for clients, with its satellites tracking ships, providing information about hard-to-patrol regions and pinpointing sources of global-positioning system jamming, the company has said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 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
One later event appears to offer some hope in pinpointing the location of the Library.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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