The phrase "able to pinpoint a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the ability to identify or locate something specific, often in contexts like analysis or problem-solving.
Example: "The detective was able to pinpoint a crucial piece of evidence that led to the suspect's arrest."
Alternatives: "capable of identifying a" or "able to locate a".
Being able to pinpoint a scene that changed a career is rare, but that's what that Victim scene did.
By using a genetic screening approach in adult zebrafish, they were able to pinpoint a single gene, SETDB1, that accelerates the onset of melanoma.
In addition, DNA testing was able to pinpoint a cause for 17percentt of participants for whom a diagnosis was not possible based on the usual clinical workup.
The city's contract with Orbital Sciences calls for the system to be able to pinpoint a bus to within 30 feet.
"We've not been able to pinpoint a definite effect, but my gut is that absolutely there's an effect," said Dominique Raccah, above, chief executive of Sourcebooks, a publisher in Naperville, Ill.
Dying Amphibians Die-offs of frogs and other amphibians are still occurring in parts of the United States, and although researchers in some cases have been able to pinpoint a cause, the phenomenon remains something of a mystery.
Prof Colin Waters, principal geologist at the British Geological Survey and WGA secretary, said: "Being able to pinpoint an interval of time is saying something about how we have had an incredible impact on the environment of our planet.
So far those who have tried to find embarrassing quotes from the president have only really been able to pinpoint an off-hand joke he made about the Special Olympics.
Using DNA testing, they say they have been able to pinpoint an uncommon strain of hereditary heart disease - in both patients and their families.
"Being able to pinpoint an interval of time is saying something about how we have had an incredible impact on the environment of our planet," Colin Waters, principal geologist at the British Geological Survey and secretary of the Working Group on the Anthropocene, told The Guardian, which published a meaty report on the geologists' argument.
Once the sampling is finished, scientists will be able to pinpoint when a particular strand of DNA from almost anyone--and therefore a potential ancestor--resided in a particular village, even without a written family history.
