1
as in to classify
to arrange or assign according to type
pegged her as a backstabber right from the beginning
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2
as in to throw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
pegged the ball to the second baseman
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Recent Examples of peg
Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Built almost entirely of wood (including wooden pegs instead of metal nails), the Black Hills chapel features six roofs that gradually rise to a peak.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Among other provisions, the bill would require stablecoins, whose value is typically pegged to the dollar, to hold reserves of liquid, safe assets like Treasury bills.
—Robert Jimison, New York Times, 20 May 2025
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Noun
Full ownership rights for foreigners and no capital gains tax.
U.S. dollar currency peg.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Built almost entirely of wood (including wooden pegs instead of metal nails), the Black Hills chapel features six roofs that gradually rise to a peak.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
Irvine is ranked 20th in the nation, according to D1Baseball, and is pegged as the top West Coast program in the country — above UCLA — by the National College Baseball Writers Assn., with a No. 11 ranking.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Among other provisions, the bill would require stablecoins, whose value is typically pegged to the dollar, to hold reserves of liquid, safe assets like Treasury bills.
—Robert Jimison, New York Times, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peg
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The next year, shoe designer Roger Vivier saw Balenciaga’s bet and raised him a few inches, designing a thigh-thigh silhouette for Yves Saint Laurent’s 1963 collection in alligator leather.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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The topper's cotton shell helps keep things cool, and it is designed to easily fit mattresses up to 18 inches thick.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Our writers picked a few obvious candidates (anytime Lamar Jackson-Patrick Mahomes clash in any year classifies as must-see).—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Based on double-occupancy stateroom bookings, groups typically need to have a minimum of five to eight cabins to be classified as a group.—
Linnea Bailey,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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An avid polo player for years, Grimm was injured from his chest down after being thrown from a horse in September 2024.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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The Justice Department is also throwing its support behind a pending lawsuit alleging similar violations of girls’ rights in the Riverside Unified School District, said U.S. Atty.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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Over four decades, the theater continues to bring that sense of joy on its three stages: the Vivian Beaumont, the Mitzi E. Newhouse, and its newest stage, the Claire Tow.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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These strains independently evolved similar reductions in the pla gene during the later stages of the first and second plague pandemics and in three samples from the third pandemic that were uncovered in present day Vietnam.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 May 2025
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They have been ranked as the second and third most destructive wildfires in California history, according to Cal Fire.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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According to African crime research, last year, South Africa was ranked the most dangerous country on the continent, with one of the world’s highest homicide rates.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
25 May 2025
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Some, like outfielder Ty Jackson and catcher Bill Leroy, were playing football with kids, while Andy Archer was seen tossing a baseball around with kids who brought gloves.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2025
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Grapevine blanks Lubbock-Cooper for series lead Grapevine pitcher Luke Esquivel tossed a gem in Game 1 as the Mustangs shut out Lubbock-Cooper 4-0 in a Class 5A Division II regional final on Friday, May 23, at Brownwood High School.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 May 2025
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After six seasons and eight years, The Handmaid's Tale has finally written its last chapter.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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Now the next chapter in South Africa’s history is being written by a new generation with remarkably high hopes.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
Verb
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The subtle hum of intricate mechanics, the remarkably articulate gesture of a synthetic limb, the disquieting echo of human movement – humanoid robots are no longer relegated to the realm of fiction.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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By 2022, invasion rhetoric, which had previously been relegated to white nationalist circles, had become such a staple of Republican campaign ads that most of the public agreed an invasion of the U.S. via the southern border was underway.—
Molly Redden,
ProPublica,
23 May 2025
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“Peg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peg. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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