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point

[point] / pɔɪnt /








NOUN
scoring unit of sport competition
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That idea — that a chef’s point of view comes from the entirety of a life, rather than one neatly defined culinary tradition — surfaced again during a panel about travel and where chefs eat.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

The Moon reached its fullest point at 17:49 BST on Saturday but it was later, when the sky got darker, that it made its biggest impact.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Yet new capital continues to pour into the AI trade and, as obvious as this point might be, that is where its biggest vulnerability lies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

The two-time scoring champion is coming off 33.5 points per game last season and was the focal point for the franchise’s offseason of change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Clare tried to muster some satisfaction that his point had been made, but for someone who’d just won, he felt an awful lot like a loser.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Australia wing Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i was then sin-binned as well to leave Australia three men down and replacement scrum-half Morne van den Berg scrambled in to cut the lead to 11 points.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Their work points to a metabolic pathway involving the attachment of sugar structures to proteins.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Gauthier led the team with 41 goals and 69 points last season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The share of Gen Z and younger millennials who strongly agreed with the statement, “I know what is expected of me at work,” fell 9 points to 42% in surveys between 2020 and 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

I forgot about the seemingly random bullet points that seemed to be marching Elliot and me toward something huge, and I fell asleep excited to see what tomorrow would bring.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Scientists have often pointed to it as evidence that Earth experienced a major global disruption of the carbon cycle around 2 billion years ago.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

The writer was at the Yankees’ spring-training facility in 1993 when the team’s manager, Buck Showalter, pointed out a “skinny young pitcher working out at shortstop” named Mariano Rivera.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Russell also pointed out that this was the first significant mistake Antonelli had made in a competitive session all year.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Halkias pointed to the fast food chain’s recent adoption of shredded lettuce on its chicken sandwiches as a cost-slashing maneuver typical of private equity-owned restaurants.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

She pointed at the ravenskin pouch at Torak’s waist.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Everything he’d been pointing towards in the distance was now here, culminating all at once.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The change began in the posterior cortex and then moved forward, pointing to a large-scale process that may prepare the brain metabolically for REM sleep.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

China has also put more emphasis on the practical implementations of AI, Hannas said, pointing to the Chinese government’s AI Plus strategy aimed at integrating AI across the country’s economy and society.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

Bismarck, N.D.-based Knife River KNF -7.86%decrease; down pointing triangle has a market capitalization of about $3 billion, with its stock down nearly 30% this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

I chased Patch the way he chased the birds and we fell over each other, tumbling and laughing, with Sean Red in back of us, pointing as the tide began to turn.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff




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