pinpoint
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"It was very, very, very difficult to pinpoint anybody who would take responsibility for this money," she said.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
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
This marker provides a more reliable way to measure the passage of time preserved in the geological record and allowed scientists to pinpoint when different plankton species first appeared in the fossil record.
From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 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
So slowly that Bailey cannot pinpoint exact motions, only slight changes.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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