pinned (down)

verb

past tense of pin (down)
as in selected

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinned (down)
  1. selected
  2. adopted
  3. specified
  4. established
  5. preferred
  6. determined
  7. assigned
  8. picked
Verb
  • Eco effort D’Inghilterra’s sustainability efforts stand out at Café Romano where the ingredients are local and extremely fresh—the chef likely selected the veggies in your salad from the market that morning.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Syrian prison documentary The Other Side of the Sun, directed by Tawfik Sabouni, has been selected as Syria’s submission for the best international feature film Oscar at the 99th Academy Awards.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of selected
Verb
  • Brazilian authorities adopted electronic voting machines in the 1990s to combat fraud.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Biermann adopted Zolciak's daughters, Ariana and Brielle, from a previous relationship.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of adopted
Verb
  • The test will cost somewhere between about $500 (the current Medicare payment for Cologuard, the benchmark specified in the MCED Coverage Act) and $949 (Grail’s current list price).
    — H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Head coach Dave Canales has not specified what Legette’s injury is.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of specified
Verb
  • Other networks have been established for working fathers, LGBTQ+ employees, and early-career staff, which were established to give younger employees a greater say in their career development and opportunities to communicate with leadership.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Deadline has established that several top producers have declined to throw their hat into the ring, with many citing concerns about the lack of rights and the production contract sucking creative energy away from other projects.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of established
Verb
  • The poll found voters preferred Brown to Husted by 10 points on issues involving AI and data centers.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Worse still, the most energizing talks tended to be ignored by many of the academics in attendance, who preferred to ask questions that indirectly linked back to their area of specialism.
    — Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of preferred
Verb
  • Investigators determined the cause of death was strangulation and loss of blood due to blunt force injuries.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of time spent in practice, the key to success, as Susman and fellow researchers determined, turned out to be consistency.
    — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of determined
Verb
  • Cybersecurity and software Top picks in cybersecurity and software are Palantir Technologies with a $250 price target and implied upside of 30%, and CrowdStrike — which the analyst assigned a $335 price target signaling a gain of 20%.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Discovery and development Clozapine was named in 1959 by researchers at the Swiss pharmaceutical company Wander AG, where it had been initially synthesized the previous year and assigned the identifier HF-1854.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of assigned
Verb
  • Asked about immigration solutions for Congress to tackle, Latino voters polled picked investigating ICE as a top priority, alongside immigration changes like a pathway to citizenship and ending the immigration detention of children and families.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Having picked it up for its 2025-26 season, CBS then pushed it to the following 2026-27 season.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of picked
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“Pinned (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinned%20%28down%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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