point
noun
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
have pointed
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present perfectof point.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Critics of CoreWeave have pointed to the company’s capital-intensive business model, which requires it to take on large amounts of debt to build new data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Advocates have pointed to mounting research in other cities that showed road improvements along high-injury street corridors were more effective than police at changing driver behaviors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
WSJ Pro: You have pointed to artificial intelligence bottlenecks and the shifting focus of founders toward hardware as the motivation for launching the Machine Age fund.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Preliminary investigations have pointed to a collapsed glacier as the cause of the flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border, highlighting the issue of rapidly melting Himalayan ice, scientists have told the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Someone should have pointed out that it could wait until the world wasn’t one tiny mistake from calamity.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
