point out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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"There's numerous species that we could point out that weren't here 20 years ago... and now they're quite abundant."
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
But as you point out, all policies have risks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
To point out its flaws will not persuade a single viewer to like it less, only to dislike the critic more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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
Will try to assess themselves when requested and take in things that others point out as important in their surroundings.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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