pinpoint
noun
Example Sentences
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Three decades after predicting the Asian crisis of 1997, one strategist pinpoints similarities between the financial contagion that spread across Asian economies then and the current AI investment boom that he thinks is a bubble.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
They combined single-cell sequencing, which identifies which receptors each neuron expresses, with spatial transcriptomics, which pinpoints where those neurons are located.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2026
It pinpoints companies that are integrating AI into their operations and that have recently ranked high on 22V’s “earnings sentiment” score—a statistical model that measures how likely each company is to beat analysts’ earnings estimates.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
He pinpoints his pitches with so much accuracy around the plate that batters are left feeling awkward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025
A restrictive relative clause is essential to the meaning of the sentence, often because it pinpoints the referent of the noun from among a set of alternatives.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
