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point

[point] / pɔɪnt /








NOUN
scoring unit of sport competition
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To investigate why evolution appeared to slow during this period, Mitchell and co-author Professor Andrea Manica studied fossils from Mistaken Point in Newfoundland, one of the world's most important Ediacaran fossil sites.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Hunter Point Capital has raised $4.3 billion across multiple investment vehicles to provide financing to alternative investment firms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Hadleigh Castle now lies in the Castle Point area of Essex, which recorded the highest number of people within England citing English as their national identity in the last census.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Efforts to turn Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk into a pop culture icon after his killing last September have backfired spectacularly, with online parodists meme-ifying his image.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

From its heights, West Point looked down on smaller forts on both sides of the river.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen




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