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pinpointed

  • past participle
    of pinpoint.
    pinpoint
    noun
    the point of a pin.
  • past tense form
    of pinpoint.
    pinpoint
    noun
    the point of a pin.

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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

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

Beyond the Utah project, it has pinpointed 10 sites from which it says could potentially produce as much as 40 gigawatts of electricity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

He believed the very essence of Mojo had changed, and he pinpointed the cause of its destruction.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger