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pin (down)

verb

Definition of pin (down)

as in to select

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The Royals selected him in the second round of the 2019 MLB Draft out of Arizona State.

— Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
The Sandy Springs City Council this week selected a new development team for the second phase of City Springs.

— Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of select

Verb

Mississippians have not chosen a new Democratic senator since 1947, and Democrats last won a Senate race there when that senator, the onetime segregationist John Stennis, won his last reelection in 1982.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Swift’s fans were disappointed by the outcome of the game and how the Seahawks chose to celebrate on social media.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of choose

Verb

How fast the benefits of a truly life-changing technology flow through the economy is the actual measure of how fast it is being adopted.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Variety reports that the psychological thriller, which stars Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio as a married couple who travel to European small town to adopt a baby, will feature a cameo from Charli.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of adopt

Verb

Give the city, the district and potential partners the time to determine whether co-location can work before making a decision that cannot easily be undone.

— Tim Lonergan, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Establish a panel of coaches, athletic directors and players to determine a reasonable figure and all athletes being paid will receive that amount.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of determine

Verb

Petersen’s research established the concept of mild cognitive impairment, which lies between healthy cognitive aging and dementia.

— Richard Sima, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Beyond payment speed, Mastercard is also looking to incorporate blockchain and identity data to establish the same level of trust expected across other payment systems, Driver said.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of establish

Verb

Participants were randomly assigned to receive either the vaccine with pembrolizumab or placebo injections alongside the immune treatment.

— Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
Students were randomly assigned to the roles of guards or inmates, with the guards pressured to maintain order by any means necessary.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026

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