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change point

British  

noun

  1. surveying a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point

"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 global infrastructure buildout is an opportunity to create more resilient and sustainable structures that can adapt to climate change, point out several advisors.

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Supporters of the change point to the one-match reduction, which is favoured by players.

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Advocates for change point to Portugal as a model.

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Some critics of the proposed change point out that switching to daylight time in the winter would leave children standing at their bus stops in the dark.

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Once or twice, also, the barometer rising gave reason to fear that the wind might change point for point; that is to say, that it might pass to the east.

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