at the point of

Idioms  

1. see on the point of.

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Example Sentences

It paid homage to a nurse’s steady hands, to a mother’s prayer beads slipping through her fingers, and to a belief that our stories do not end at the point of collapse.

From Slate

Councils are also responsible for ensuring restaurants, retailers and other businesses involved in the supply of foods are compliant with food law, while checks at the point of import are mainly the responsibility of port health authorities.

From BBC

At a news conference on Monday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said conversations aimed at working out a "viable plan" were ongoing with the US, European and Gulf partners, but that we are "not at the point of decisions yet".

From BBC

At his news conference on Monday, Sir Keir Starmer said conversations aimed at working out a "viable plan" were ongoing with the US, European and Gulf partners, but that we're "not at the point of decisions yet."

From BBC

Sir John Templeton, who famously said one should buy at “the point of maximum pessimism,” instructed his broker to purchase every issue trading below one dollar on the New York Stock Exchange when news broke that Germany had invaded Poland in 1939.

From The Wall Street Journal