talking point

noun

1. a fact or feature that aids or supports one side, as in an argument or competition.

Word History and Origins

Origin of talking point¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

As hard as she tried to paint Mamdani’s proposals as unreasonable, she often muttered “right” under her breath as he answered her questions, serving to unintentionally bolster his talking points.

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Elsewhere, the celebrities' continued inability to pick out a Traitor was the other big talking point of the night.

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"But I authorized for two reasons really," he said, before listing familiar talking points accusing Maduro of leading a "narco-terrorist" regime and of releasing prisoners from jails and sending them to the United States.

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She added that Kirk, who used huge audiences on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube to build support for conservative talking points, "would probably have run for president" if he had not been assassinated.

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In her Fox guest slot, Machado echoed White House talking points.

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