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pinpoint

[pin-point] / ˈpɪnˌpɔɪnt /


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Foley, however, cautioned that trying to pinpoint any one factor of disease growth is probably shortsighted.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Comparing the different groups allowed the team to pinpoint where each treatment was acting.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

Calling it a “broad inquiry,” Uthmeier said it was too early to pinpoint what specific action might result but said Florida law on deceptive trade practices, fraud or public nuisances could be invoked.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

And she noted that the current salmonella outbreak didn’t appear to pinpoint Chipotle as the source.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

The sabotage targets had been carefully selected to pinpoint areas that, when attacked, would create bottlenecks in the American war industry.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

It pinpoints companies that are integrating AI into their operations and that have recently ranked high on 22V’s “earnings sentiment” score—a statistical model that measures how likely each company is to beat analysts’ earnings estimates.

From Barron's Apr. 28, 2026

The composition is utterly still, devoid of human presence and enlivened only by fluttering harbor flags and the canvas’s scintillating pinpoints of color.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 28, 2026

"By identifying different parasite subtypes inside cysts, our study pinpoints which ones are most likely to reactivate and cause damage," she said.

From Science Daily Jan. 27, 2026

The report pinpoints the role both nature reserves and sites of special scientific interest play in ensuring plants and animals survive.

From BBC Nov. 24, 2025

Here and there on the black of her dress or cloak there are pinpoints of light.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

Authorities said they hadn’t yet pinpointed a cause for the Dove fire, which burned in the hills southwest of Sonora — a town outside of Yosemite National Park in southern Tuolumne County.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

The firm previously said that US authorities had not pinpointed specific concerns about its technology even as it ordered both platforms to be suspended around the world.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Using observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, Juno's onboard camera, and even images captured by amateur astronomers, the team pinpointed the locations of several unusual storms Wong called "stealth" superstorms.

From Science Daily May 21, 2026

Five years later, scientists in Cambridge pinpointed the difference between the protein chain of normal hemoglobin and “sickled” hemoglobin to a change in a single amino acid.*

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

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

From Barron's Apr. 2, 2026

In the meantime, she said, the startup plans to grow — “slowly ... so that every author’s needs are taken care of” — and keep pinpointing publishing “blind spots.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 18, 2026

Arteta believes the 27-year-old makes the Gunners "a much better team", explaining his signing has made them "much more unpredictable", pinpointing his athleticism and work-rate as stand-out attributes.

From BBC Oct. 22, 2025

Not that pinpointing another Book Scavenger user was an easy thing to deduce, even in the smallest and quietest of schools.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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