Example Sentences

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Bloomstran has pegged Berkshire’s intrinsic value at above the stock price in recent years.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Wall Street has pegged December-quarter sales at 450,000 units, a 9% decline compared with a year earlier.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

Newsom has pegged the state budget deficit at $37.9 billion.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2024

Radiocarbon dating has pegged the Egyptian chronology to within a couple hundred years; scientists have tried to use ancient observations of known astronomical events, such as star and planet alignments, to narrow dates further.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 13, 2023

Lucy has pegged steadily along, and got into the thirties.

From At Plattsburg by French, Allen