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pinpoint

[pin-point] / ˈpɪnˌpɔɪnt /


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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Police say the information provides unprecedented ability to identify suspects, pinpoint stolen vehicles and locate missing persons.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Warrington breached Leeds' inexperienced backline after five minutes as England captain George Williams' pinpoint kick was met by Matty Ashton, who helped find former Rhino James Bentley to slide over for an early score.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

New services allow employers to pinpoint who is being paid too much or too little.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Harry shouldered the Firebolt and he and Ron walked out of the shadowy stadium, discussing the Firebolt’s superbly smooth action, its phenomenal acceleration, and its pinpoint turning.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

Unlike surround-sound in movie theaters which pinpoints directionality, the result here was diffusion — not eavesdropping but pure immersion.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

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 tiny pinpoints of light twinkle in the distance, calling out to me, as if Abby is out there now.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

The Journal pinpointed the loans by using company names Group 1001 disclosed as affiliates and uncovering dozens more by linking signatories on Delaware corporate registration records to organizations that have worked with Walter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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

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

With his responses, Torres pinpointed the location and was able to touch Gil's fingers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Like Mollie, he was struck by the peculiar vagueness of Lizzie’s sickness; no doctor had ever pinpointed what was causing it.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Without pinpointing the source of the outbreak and containing it, cases have the potential to keep rising.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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

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

In time, the pinpointing of control areas will become more and more detailed.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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