point out
phrasal verb
pointed out; pointing out; points out
1
: to direct someone's attention to (someone or something) by pointing
He pointed his girlfriend out (to me) in the crowd.
Could you point out the restrooms, please.
2
: to talk about or mention (something that one thinks is important)
He was quick to point our mistake out.
He pointed out the benefits/importance of daily exercise.
As she likes to point out, she distrusted him from the beginning.
Examples of point out in a Sentence
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Everyone in Ketchikan was accounted for, the statement pointed out.
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CBS News, 26 Aug. 2024
The barriers between public-health data and law enforcement have been breached before: Gable pointed out that hospitals, for instance, have passed expectant mothers’ positive drug tests on to police.
—Helen Ouyang, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
Hope points out that efforts to automate elements of scientific discovery stretch back decades to the work of AI pioneers Allen Newell and Herbert Simon in the 1970s, and, later, the work of Pat
Langley at the Institute for the Study of Learning and Expertise.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
The only surviving note from Dickinson to her father was written just before his death—and is blank:
Dear Father—
Emily—
Between the salutation and the signature, the editors point out, are two pinholes.
—Kamran Javadizadeh, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
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CBS News, 26 Aug. 2024
The barriers between public-health data and law enforcement have been breached before: Gable pointed out that hospitals, for instance, have passed expectant mothers’ positive drug tests on to police.
—Helen Ouyang, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
Hope points out that efforts to automate elements of scientific discovery stretch back decades to the work of AI pioneers Allen Newell and Herbert Simon in the 1970s, and, later, the work of Pat
Langley at the Institute for the Study of Learning and Expertise.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
The only surviving note from Dickinson to her father was written just before his death—and is blank:
Dear Father—
Emily—
Between the salutation and the signature, the editors point out, are two pinholes.
—Kamran Javadizadeh, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
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“Point out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point%20out. Accessed 5 Sep. 2024.
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