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AfD and The Left’s gains are creating a pincer effect on the center.—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Feb. 2025 To chase them off, females raise their abdomens to show off their pincers.—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024 The legs extended, the pincers closed and dug into the sea bed.—David Szondy, New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2025 Mastering the pincer grasp The pincer grasp describes your toddler's ability to pick up objects with their thumb and forefinger.—Alex Vance, Parents, 30 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pincer
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Etymology
Middle English pinceour, from Anglo-French *pinceour, pinchure, from Anglo-French *pincher, pincer to pinch, from Vulgar Latin *pinctiare, *punctiare, from Latin punctum puncture — more at point
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