How to Use point-to-point in a Sentence

point-to-point

noun
  • They're mostly focused on not very long haul, but kind of point-to-point stuff.
    WIRED, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The plan was brilliant: Flyer set up rental shops at train stations, while Hasler mapped out the most thrilling point-to-points.
    Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Rather than be deterred, travelers should think of rail travel as breaking the mold of point-to-point round trips, said Jones.
    Albert Stumm, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
  • Gig offered one-way point-to-point rentals, letting users pick up a car in one place and drop it off anywhere within Sacramento.
    Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The 2023 event will include a point-to-point course on the lake, short one-design racing on the Detroit River, and a match-racing clinic for new and seasoned female sailors.
    Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2023
  • With the intel provided by Ghazi, Aaron can adjust his positioning in the net on odd-man rushes, plays along the half-wall, and point-to-point passes.
    Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Most of them use relatively simple point-to-point wiring, tubes, and transistors—all of which can be repaired if something goes wonky.
    Parker Hall, WIRED, 29 June 2023
  • That also created a challenge for airlines with hub-and-spoke networks to get the planes to the right places, as the smaller planes had more flexibility of being point-to-point, Birdsong adds.
    Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 July 2023
  • With most of its hubs focused on smaller to mid-sized cities, the airline operates on a point-to-point model that connects travelers to leisure destinations across the nation.
    Stella Shon, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Jordan reaffirmed that the carrier stands behind its business model and point-to-point network, saying its disruption review has not revealed the need for any structural changes there.
    Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Smaller airlines might operate a point-to-point model that connects smaller airports directly, but those flights are still subject to demand.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2023
  • This experiment shows how smarter, faster algorithms have not entirely solved the problem of point-to-point delivery, long a difficult business model with margins that hinge on small variances of dollars and cents.
    Joe Fox, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • Closer to home, SpaceX has sold Starship as a vehicle that could eventually provide global point-to-point flights for people and cargo between destinations on opposite sides of the world.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 24 July 2023
  • Unlike traditional point-to-point rally racing, rallycross puts those cars on a circuit, but with similar racing over dirt and gravel surfaces, as well as plenty of jumping and drifting through turns.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 8 July 2024
  • These days, terahertz is also being used to offer very-wide-bandwidth, high-data-rate point-to-point communications for computer backhaul systems and high-video-rate systems.
    IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2024
  • There were various advantages in point-to-point communication—particularly as new forms of transportation arose—but radio also came to be seen as a way to transmit mass media.
    Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2023
  • ComfortDelGro’s management thinks the deal is complementary tothe company’s Australian business and is in line with its strategy to scale its point-to-point mobility business in the country, the analyst says.
    WSJ, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The foregoing alternative: point-to-point claim submission via carrier pigeon.
    Seth Joseph, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • This overwhelmed its outdated flight management systems, which operate within a primarily point-to-point airport network, which is more vulnerable to disruption than the hub-and-spoke model used by other airlines.
    Laurie Garrow, Scientific American, 2 Mar. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'point-to-point.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: