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as in tip
the last and usually sharp or tapering part of something long and narrow be careful with the point on that umbrella, or you could hurt someone

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as in brink
an interval of time just before the onset of something was at the point of accepting the new job when he realized he didn't want to leave his old one

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as in dot
a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part the little points of gold in the blue ceiling are supposed to represent stars

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as in peninsula
an area of high ground jutting out into a body of water beyond the line of the coast the racing yacht rounded the point far ahead of its closest rival

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as in cape
an area of land that juts out into a body of water Point Reyes, California

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as in chapter
an individual part of a process, series, or ranking at this point in your life, you should already be saving for retirement

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as in location
the area or space occupied by or intended for something runners began lining up by the starting point

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as in impact
the quality of an utterance that provokes interest and produces an effect her jokes are often long, rambling stories that have no point whatsoever

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point

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verb

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Recent Examples of point
Noun
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 649 points, or 1.5%, and the Nasdaq composite slumped 2.6%. Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 Mar. 2025 Serbia’s parliament had been scheduled on Tuesday to discuss 62 points on its agenda, including a vote on the dismissal of Speaker Ana Brnabic. Christian Edwards, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
If your organization has a mentorship program, show them how to use it or point them toward its guidance. Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 The Animal Health Institute, a trade group that represents the animal pharmaceutical industry, didn’t respond to a list of detailed questions about the industry and pointed me to progress reports from the intergovernmental World Organization for Animal Health and the trade group HealthforAnimals. Kenny Torrella, Vox, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for point
Recent Examples of Synonyms for point
Noun
  • The final moments of the episode also reveal that the parasitic alien Sequids are still roaming the sewers, the bloodthirsty Battle Beast is alive in space and Angstrom Levy (Sterling K. Brown) survived the Invincible War.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The receivers were ready, warmed up and ready for their big moment.
    Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
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  • Home buyer tip: Go into the homebuying process with a clear budget and potential compromises in mind.
    Nerdwallet, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Pro tip: Kids 18 years and younger can always get in free.
    Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
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  • Image Israel and Hamas on the ‘brink’ of a truce Israel and Hamas are close to a deal on a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages there, Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, said yesterday.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Two productions teetered on the $2M brink: Gypsy ($1,818,235, with press comps keeping the number down); and Sunset Blvd.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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  • Even retrospectives—the moments meant for honest reflection and growth—too often end as repositories of action items that never materialize into change.
    Federico Imparatta, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The bag’s practical design has an interior center pocket divider with a zipper closure and one interior slip pocket to organize my items while keeping them safe.
    Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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  • Training data sets contain so much text, in fact, that finding and filtering out the benchmarks is extremely difficult.
    Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
  • In fact, these concerns appear to be brought to Musk's attention recently.
    Emily Chang, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2025
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  • Lack of agents One of the main reasons the Shin Bet did not connect the dots before Oct. 7 was the difficulty in recruiting agents and intelligence sources on the ground in Gaza, says Mr. Melman, the author.
    Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Because the moons appear mostly as just little white dots on a black background in the photos taken of them, astronomers don't know much about the moons' characteristics yet.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
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  • Egypt has not officially commented on specific accusations regarding increasing its military presence in Sinai or on foreign media reports regarding its construction and military activity in the peninsula.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Evidence of these conflicts is bountiful in Gdańsk, Poland, home to Westerplatte, a small peninsula that juts out into the Baltic Sea.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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  • At the brand’s fall 2025 show on Feb. 24, chief creative officer Daniel Lee sent coats, capes and trenches down the runway in the earthy dark browns, greens and burgundies pulled from the British countryside.
    Violet Goldstone, WWD, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Four of the dancers, representing wind, wear sheer, pleated capes with an iridescent sheen that attached to shoulder straps and arm bands.
    Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025

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