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point

[point] / pɔɪnt /








NOUN
scoring unit of sport competition
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"The starting point is that books should be available to readers unless their content is unlawful," a spokesperson said.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

At that point, they told him the truth: They’d stopped his chemotherapy medication three months earlier.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

The stock could easily fall further as more details emerge about Huang’s personal conduct and possible export control failures, posing a challenge for investors looking for an entry point.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

ND: And I see probably a couple dozen Birkins a day at this point.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

They don’t all agree on one point of view, but everyone argues their thoughts passionately.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

It points to an industrial economy straining to keep up with demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The main points of contention between Beijing and Washington are trade and the AI technology race, for instance.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

She won only seven points in the second set as Andreeva breezed to an impressive victory.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

In a LendingTree survey, 84% of cardholders who asked for a lower interest rate in the past year got one, and the average reduction was 6.3 points.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

She turns the page and points at something else, but I don’t see it through the fog of tears clouding my vision.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

They pointed to a change of language in the third-quarter report, from “timely planning and rollout of practical and effective incremental policies” to “leveraging the synergistic effect of existing and incremental policies.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Chad then turned around, pointed out the window, and said, “I want to go out there. Help me.”

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

Irranca-Davies pointed out it was not the first time he has rebuked Martin.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

Experts pointed to a number of possibilities for voters’ decisions, including what some characterized as successful but potentially misleading messaging by the opposition and confusion over the complex measure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Betsie pointed to the Frisian clock on the stair wall, and with a finger on her lips silently opened the dining room door.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"You could bring up a subject about yourself at school or something that's related... so it isn't kind of pointing a finger at them," she says.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

When viewed along a direction pointing outward from the Sun, magnetic fields at larger scales tend to rotate counterclockwise.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Huang's feedback could be both brutal and public, and he thought nothing of pointing out individuals' mistakes in all-staff meetings.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

The stock’s extensive recent decline led Morgan Stanley analyst Joseph Moore to remove Nvidia as his top pick in a Wednesday note, pointing to the investment bank’s “stop-loss policy.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Gabi is beside me, pointing at something on a tree across the river.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler


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