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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
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 2019 China’s economic growth is slowing, and the country has to cope with major structural issues, notably a rapidly aging workforce, deleveraging, and the break in the renminbi’s peg to the US dollar. — Marilynne Robinson, Harper's magazine, "Letters," 10 May 2019 Ahead of the left peg is a sequential foot shifter. — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, "Why the Honda CRF50F Is the Quintessential Starter Dirt Bike," 28 Nov. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Bank of America analyst Wamsi Mohan in a note pegged the drop at an even bigger 10 million devices, or 20% of current unit sales. — Rachel Layne, CBS News, "Apple and its customers may be biggest losers under new Trump China tariffs," 2 Aug. 2019 At the time of its filing that its wildfire liabilities, PG&E pegged its wildfire liabilities at about $30 billion, but that figure was an estimate. — J.d. Morris, SFChronicle.com, "Wildfire victims must file claims against PG&E by Oct. 21, judge says," 26 June 2019 Shanghvi with his net worth pegged at $21 billion (Rs1.5 lakh crore at current rates) had dethroned Mukesh Ambani to become the richest Indian