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Example Sentences

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Overseas clients are afraid to place orders, while Chinese manufacturers cannot pin down changing costs.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

The same cannot be said for software stocks, which have struggled amid AI disruption fears that keep popping up to pin down the sector.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

He has two years of his LIV contract to run, but the pin positions are shifting on how that might look next year.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

And that “Let’s put a pin in it” means this thing is never going to happen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

I turned that word secession around on my tongue for a while, then tossed the pin aside and picked up my Chicago Press & Tribune.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan