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Example Sentences

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If one had to nail down the central theme of “The Audacity,” aside from pure human foible, it would be the perils posed to privacy by the profitability of data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

When Rupert’s children watched its too-close-for-comfort version of the chaos following Logan Roy’s sudden death, they leapt to nail down their family’s succession plan before it was too late.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Instead, nail down the parts that are boring.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

In between fits of laughter and finishing each other’s sentences, the members explain that they’d recently come back from a European press tour and only had a week to nail down their tour performance.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

He ran a nail down the heavy cartridge backing and stripped it away to reveal...

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer