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pinpoint

[pin-point] / ˈpɪnˌpɔɪnt /


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Underwriters may be able to pinpoint risks better among customers or regions.

From The Wall Street Journal

They also applied drugs that selectively block certain molecular sensors, making it possible to pinpoint which ion channels were active in each type of neuron.

From Science Daily

Due to the different jurisdictions’ data keeping, it was not possible to make pinpoint accurate comparisons of the number of homes destroyed by the fire that have permits to rebuild.

From Los Angeles Times

They also used new climate model simulations to pinpoint when and where the rainfall shift happened, and to identify the most likely driver behind it.

From Science Daily

They created an algorithm to examine interactions among amino acids, the basic components of proteins, and then applied machine learning to sort through them and pinpoint the most influential ones.

From Science Daily