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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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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

Jacob Bethell can now add another bullet point to the notebook he uses to scribble down reminders before going out to bat.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

She paused at a bullet point about working “with federal and local law enforcement partners.”

From Salon • May 29, 2025

That bullet point about the window had sealed that for me.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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