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pinpoint

[pin-point] / ˈpɪnˌpɔɪnt /


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He is known for his methodical approach, sifting through numbers-heavy presentations and zeroing in on anomalies to pinpoint issues or identify new growth opportunities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Colin Jamieson is also a foster carer with Barnardo's and said it was hard to pinpoint why more people do not come forward.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Bruce said it’s often hard to pinpoint who is behind the typical MCA company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

“You don’t need to pinpoint it the way I do, but I like to give people a number,” Buffardi said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

She stood outside in the unseasonably warm autumn nights of that year and tracked the shiny pinpoint as it moved low across the horizon.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Three decades after predicting the Asian crisis of 1997, one strategist pinpoints similarities between the financial contagion that spread across Asian economies then and the current AI investment boom that he thinks is a bubble.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

To repeat, possible Japanese intervention would reverse the flow of liquidity into global markets that Edwards pinpoints.

From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025

A second, higher-resolution projection targets the midbrain with added precision and pinpoints dopaminergic neurons.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2025

He pinpoints his pitches with so much accuracy around the plate that batters are left feeling awkward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025

His pupils contract to pinpoints, dilate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

The New Mexico jury that on Sept. 25 found Meta guilty of years of deceit pinpointed numerous allegedly deceptive statements that Zuckerberg, his then-deputy, Sheryl Sandberg, and other executives made after the 2019 fine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

So in March, he emailed the inmate he pinpointed as the one who fleeced Monk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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

Though he professed to not know the mainland scene "very well", he pinpointed animation and small-scale productions as bright spots.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

Morgan’s work had pinpointed their location on chromosomes, where they were supposedly strung like beads on a wire.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

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

By pinpointing hydrogen radicals as a dominant force, scientists now have a clearer picture of the chemistry involved.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 16, 2026

The bulk of its commercial pipeline is anchored in markets for AI and data centers, with Few himself pinpointing that number at close to 80%.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

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

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman


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