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. Robert Andrews:

   Gymnastics probably more than any other sport ... requires laser, pinpoint focus, being a global presence, the greatest of all time, all that starts creating interference.

2. Tim Murtaugh:

   Voters know China was a bad actor on the virus. The president made clear to pinpoint China as the origin of the virus, we're going to push this.

3. Helio Pedro:

   Unfortunately, we do have families that have multiple children involved [in a genetic disease], and we do all the testing and we still can’t pinpoint exactly what the problem is.

4. 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.

5. Kate Bossert:

   (Post-apocalyptic storytelling) takes the unknown and makes it very physical and very visible, in ways that actually are not always true to life, narratives that pinpoint the thing we’re afraid of, there’s almost a comfort in that.