- present participle of point.
pointing
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Labour MP Irene Campbell said she found it "upsetting" that hunting trophies could still be exported from the UK, pointing to an instance of a Scottish stag head being exported to Zimbabwe.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Unfairly so, says one analyst, who argues the stock should be a “go-to” for investors in the AI trade, pointing to two potentially huge catalysts on the horizon.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
Telefonica TEF -2.48%decrease; red down pointing triangle lifted its earnings view for this year, citing a strong third quarter, but cut its revenue target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
When his list was complete, he should begin pointing to each number in turn.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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There were glowing little pointings labeled Lemons and Oranges, Radishes, or just plain Fruit, but never "Still Life."
From Time Magazine Archive
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In this our Commonwealth and city have but been true to the sublime pointings and ideals of the leaders of the Revolution and the founders of the Republic, whom we celebrate to-day.
From Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform by Robert I. Fulton
To think of some things you did—those smilings and chattings, rash pointings and gesturings.
From The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville
The less the time intervening between these two pointings, the more accurate the result will be.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 by Various
Add to all this labor the neat work upon the rigging,— the knots, flemish-eyes, splices, seizings, coverings, pointings, and graffings which show a ship in crack order.
From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
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