point out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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As you point out, long-term care can be expensive, especially if you’re in care for many years like your mother.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
As the authors point out, sugar is “structurally important to kids’ cereals”—reduced-sugar formulations get soggy faster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“I was using Riefenstahl to point out, or so I thought, that these heroes and heroines were straight out of Nazi propaganda,” Verhoeven told The Guardian in 2018.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
They point out that obesity in children is a potentially life-threatening condition if left untreated for decades.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
If this was a book in Mrs. Miller’s class, she would point out that they were both named after John, which says something.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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