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to the point



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brass tacks
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"I had no one to talk to all day -- to the point my mouth almost felt stale from not speaking. But then this little one came along and chatters with me all the time."

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

I was super focused in that game to the point where Scott McTominay scored one of the best goals I've ever seen in my life and I didn't even react.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

More to the point, the address The Fellowship listed for Angels’ Place in a 2007 tax filing was McLeod’s home address.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

“I eventually just got to the point where I didn’t think he was going to do anything,” said Fowler, who accused Bhakta’s German shepherd of killing his chickens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Some of them are pages and pages long, but most of them are short and to the point.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée




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