Synonyms for pinpoint
ˈpɪnˌpɔɪntpin·point

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1. pinpointnoun

   a very brief moment

   "they were strangers sharing a pinpoint of time together"

   Synonyms:
   speck

2. speck, pinpointnoun

   a very small spot

   "the plane was just a speck in the sky"

   Synonyms:
   speck, atom, jot, molecule, particle, touch, mote, tinge, soupcon, corpuscle, mite, pinch, hint

3. pinpointverb

   the sharp point of a pin

   Synonyms:
   speck

4. pinpoint, nailverb

   locate exactly

   "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"

   Synonyms:
   sweep through, apprehend, collar, peg, breeze through, sail through, ace, pass with flying colors, nail, nail down, complete, pick up, nab, boom, arrest, cop, blast, smash

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1. List of paraphrases for "pinpoint":

   identify, locate

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1. Ohio State University:

   During that, all the way from a polyp to the cancer stage, the person is exposed to a variety of things in their life. And to really pinpoint what is going on, we would need to follow specific individuals over time to really understand their dietary patterns, medications and weight changes, so that makes it really hard, because of the time that cancer actually takes to develop.

2. Veryan Khan:

   She had interactions with key players known in the region, plus there is no way to fake the location services pinging from the actual phone.If you look at her locations outside of Kobani and Mosul — they were all strongholds we can pinpoint down to the actual house on the street.

3. Francesco Papadia:

   While the central scenario is that QE should help on inflation and on (economic) activity, it's difficult to pinpoint exactly what the effect should be, there is more uncertainty around it, which doesn't mean that you shouldn't do it because in a cost-benefit calculation not doing it would be even worse.

4. Chris Karns:

   For security reasons, I won't pinpoint where The American forces will flow, it is important( that) groups, such as ISIS, don't have an exact map of our whereabouts, but instead we use our finite resources on the continent to adjust swiftly, efficiently, and employ with maximum effect.

5. David Freese:

   I think it's nice when you hear the crowd because it kind of reminds you to take a breath and relax, i'm not saying that's why I got a hit. But when you hear the crowd, it kind of hits you to understand the moment and pinpoint on your objective, which is to put a good( at bat) together.