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Synonyms for peg
Synonyms: Noun
chapter, cut, degree, grade, inch, notch, phase, place, point, stage, step
Synonyms: Verb
assort, break down, categorize, class, classify, codify, compartment, compartmentalize, digest, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, place, range, rank, relegate, separate, sort, type
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Examples of peg in a Sentence
Noun
Her coat hung on a peg by the door. took the arrogant student down a pegVerb
Is the tent pegged down all the way? peg the price of wheat at its current level His bonus is pegged to how many sales he makes each year for the company.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The male on the bicycle with red pegs and brakes travels on Brookford Street, down Woodbine Street, before disappearing in the area of Warren Street. — Alyssa Lukpat, BostonGlobe.com, "Boston police look to identify suspects who allegedly robbed and blindfolded woman in her Dorchester apartment," 9 Aug. 2019 The profile treats Franzen’s novels as an afterthought, his new essays as a peg, and his devotion to bird-watching as a personality quirk. — Christian Lorentzen, Harper's magazine, "Like This or Die," 10 Apr. 2019 Strategically positioned at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, and sharing a border on the Black Sea with Russia, Turkey has long been both a vital peg in NATO and one of its more prickly members. — Carlotta Gall, BostonGlobe.com, "Turkey gets first shipment of Russian missile system, defying US," 12 July 2019 His sister is a smart square peg who took off running at the end of Season 3; in the new season, the family is trying to find her, a trip that takes them to a Tibetan lamasery, down South American rivers and onto a Japanese game show. — Robert Lloyd, latimes.com, "‘The Detour's’ Jason Jones on how the family that strays together stays crazy-sweet grounded," 8 July 2019 These holes are filled with square pegs of white pine and new calks driven into the wood. — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, "The Lost Art of Floating Logs Down the River," 16 Feb. 2019 But the fit between metrics was usually imprecise — a square peg in a round hole type of situation. — Quanta Magazine, "Universal Method to Sort Complex Information Found," 13 Aug. 2018 Chinese rivals might like to take it down a peg or two. — The Economist, "UBS faces a China backlash because of a quip about pigs," 21 June 2019 Biden's eight-year partnership with the nation's first black president didn't shield him from the uproar that followed, stoked by Booker and other contenders who've been patiently waiting for the chance to knock him down a peg or two. — Arnessa Garrett, Dallas News, "Paxton prosecutors don't get rehearing, Chip Roy's crusade continues, slavery reparations discussed, and Dallas feels fiscal squeeze," 20 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The result has been a crash program to construct new apartments meant as permanent housing for homeless people across the city at a median cost that Galperin pegs at $520,000 each. — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, "$700K for an apartment? The cost to solve the homeless crisis is soaring in Los Angeles," 20 Aug. 2019 Presumably, in addition to the city’s financial straits, which includes a deficit that has been pegged at near $1 billion, the mayor also will discuss some possible solutions on how to mop up the red ink. — Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, "The Spin: A preview of Lightfoot’s primetime speech tomorrow - and the taxing que