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bullet point

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noun

  1. any of a number of items printed in a list, each after a centred dot, usually the most important points in a longer piece of text

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He acknowledges this is complicated as the Supreme Court suggests these "bullet point rights" may only come into play in relation to Troubles issues, but this part of the judgement is only advisory.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The document is clever, beginning each bullet point with the name of the good or service the plan is going to make “cheaper”: gasoline, utilities, prescription drugs, groceries, housing, childcare.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Before he received the script, Glaser had already begun his search, based just on the bullet point notes that the movie's production designer gave him.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

“Evanston Salt Costs Climbing,” his 2018 drama now receiving its Southern California premiere in a Rogue Machine production at the Matrix Theatre, could be a bullet point in a comptroller’s budgetary report.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025

I summarize a bullet point from the handout at school.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

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