world point
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of world point
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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Developments like these around the world point to a renaissance, a chance to exploit this very exploitable plant as never before.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2018
Accounts from eastern Aleppo, where the United Nations says at least 250,000 civilians are trapped with no access to the outside world, point to a dire humanitarian situation.
From Reuters ● Nov. 29, 2016
"Unfortunately what this ill-advised decision to ban the film is now going to do is have the whole world point fingers at India."
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2015
But as many in the art world point out, there is no reason new-media moguls cannot get a remedial art education now.
From Forbes ● Apr. 11, 2013
First, try once what it is to have the whole world point at you.
From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
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