make a point of
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I now make a point of getting AI to check every fact it gives me.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Hwang’s critique of democratic illusion may seem subtler unless you make a point of looking for it.
From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025
“A lot of us go on a Christmas pilgrimage to see it, whenever we have any friends or family who come to stay we always make a point of taking them to it.”
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024
As a senior politician, Mr. Prescott would hold a summer party on a boat in the Thames and would make a point of extracting money from his guests to tip the staff.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2024
We’d gotten to the edge of the village, past the chief’s house, where we were supposed to make a point of Tata Ndu seeing us together, which we both forgot about.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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