Thesaurus results for PINPRICKS

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noun

plural of pinprick

as in punctures

a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument the nurse kindly put a decorated bandage over the pinprick from the injection

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verb

present tense third-person singular of pinprick

as in pricks

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Father's Day, like so many holidays, birthdays and anniversaries, can be sharp pinpricks in a long expanse of grief that bring a flood of memories and pain to the surface. — Shay Martin, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026 The snapshot, based on data collected in 2025 and released this week, highlights water ice in bright blue alongside intertwining dark dust lanes that weave through the region, dotted with pinpricks of light from newborn stars. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026 For this new way to monitor blood sugar without the pinpricks, Kang and colleagues are building on research stretching back over 15 years. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2025 Galaxies, nebulae, shooting stars, and the Milky Way’s luminous core shimmered all around me, while hundreds of white pinpricks sparkled overhead. — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 12 Nov. 2025 The emulsified red salsa brings more savoriness and the habanero provides robust, fruity pinpricks. — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 July 2024

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Noun

According to the Mayo Clinic, Pilonidal disease usually occurs when hair punctures and embeds itself in a pocket of skin near the tailbone.

— Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
To help future researchers, the study also includes a tooth mark guide that describes and identifies several types of punctures, holes, and other marks on fossils that appear to be tooth marks.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 July 2026

Definition of punctures

Verb

His discreet existence ends when a bounty placed on his head thrusts him on the run with Thomas Shepard, a mysterious boy who may be Vision’s son, reincarnate.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2026
To the company’s credit, in January 2026, the line thrusts upward into an exponential curve.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of thrusts

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Even in the bathrooms, the toilet and bidet are concealed inside a kind of Travertine bench and the showerhead pokes out from a monolithic stone slab.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
This is strong language, which pokes at our tribal memory of gasoline shortages from the 1970’s.

— George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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