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  • past tense form of point.
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pointed

[poin-tid] / ˈpɔɪn tɪd /




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As in “The Country of the Pointed Firs,” the novel is about the arrival of a worldly interloper to a remote, pastoral community.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Pointed bullets and revolver pistols were not invented until the 1830s; the Spencer repeating rifle, the technological edge that helped the Union win the Civil War, was not designed until 1860.

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022

Pointed out that people will jokingly call the team Commies, Wright demurred.

From Washington Times • Feb. 2, 2022

The book, published by Pointed Leaf Press in November, has a foreword by potter and interior designer Jonathan Adler and an introduction by Los Angeles Times contributor David A. Keeps.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2015

Pointed out to the tourists all the red foxes and orcas and grizzly bears that were pushing out native species because it was warm enough for the new animals to live here now.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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