How to Use point person in a Sentence
point person
noun-
The rest of the group can Venmo the point person for their share.
— Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE.com, 6 Nov. 2019 -
That would be the point person or the person who is in charge of the fire that day.
— Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023 -
Garvey is serving as the board’s point person with K-12 in the search.
— Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021 -
Vint was the point person on the network testing for Len.
— IEEE Spectrum, 20 June 2023 -
Adding to Beijing’s anxiety is the lack of a point person in the White House to work with.
— Lingling Wei, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2018 -
So far, the wait times stretch about two weeks, said Marla Conrad, the point person for the migrants.
— Rafael Carranza, azcentral, 22 June 2018 -
Whitehouse has been the Democrats’ point person in the Senate for years on these ethics matters.
— Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 15 May 2023 -
Wilkes will be the point person for new business strategies.
— Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2022 -
There will be a countywide call plan and that person will be the point person.
— Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 31 Oct. 2017 -
Jill would now be the point person for the partners’ investment.
— Jake Fischer and Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 23 May 2018 -
The other, David Kaye, is the U.N. point person on free expression.
— Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2020 -
Malik, the states allege, was one of Mylan’s point persons in the price-fixing scheme.
— Michael Hiltzik, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2017 -
Many small businesses don’t have an IT team or even an IT point person.
— Jeff Shiner, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 -
Biden was Barack Obama’s point person in his push for gun control.
— John R. Lott Jr., National Review, 4 Mar. 2020 -
Yet, the point person overseeing that work has a second job.
— Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023 -
Biden's border point person can't be bothered to show up.
— Jack Durschlag, Fox News, 7 Apr. 2021 -
Bossert was a point person in the White House on protecting the nation from terror and cyber threats.
— Fox News, 10 Apr. 2018 -
Years ago, as the point person in Michigan’s ground attack, Wheatley usually found a way to make the right moves.
— Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2020 -
And Ivanov has become a point person for some of the Ukrainian refugees who fled the war with Russia and settled in Wisconsin.
— Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024 -
Martin was a key point person for the CNP in Trump’s reelection campaign.
— Anne Nelson, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2022 -
Alexander became the Bureau’s point person on all things meat.
— Michael Waters, Smithsonian, 9 Aug. 2019 -
Charles Penner, the firm’s point person on the campaign, was a partner at activist hedge fund Jana Partners.
— Antoine Gara, Forbes, 22 June 2021 -
Upon Malcolm's death in 2014, his six children became the owners, with Byran as the point person.
— Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 7 Sep. 2023 -
Bossert was a point person in the White House on protecting the nation from terrorism and cyber threats.
— Noah Bierman, latimes.com, 10 Apr. 2018 -
Cobb has served as a key point person for Mueller's requests and worked closely with Trump's personal lawyers.
— Ken Thomas, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018 -
Yet there’s no specific plan for nightlife — nor a point person to serve as its advocate.
— Emma Silvers, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 July 2022 -
Nau’s the one who volunteered to be the family’s point person for Forsythe’s grand birthday party on Feb. 29.
— Susan Young, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024 -
In the Trump administration, that has made her the point person for the Trump campaign to dismantle the act, preferably behind the scenes.
— Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 17 Apr. 2018 -
Her point person was Osborn, a former FBI agent, but the two were increasingly at odds.
— Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024 -
Driving the news: In the first weeks since Harris became the likely nominee, West has frequently been at her side and is a point person in communicating with the campaign's leadership.
— Alex Thompson, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
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