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Instead of choosing to kick the extra point and extend the game to another possession, Bargas elected to go for the win outright.
—David Delgado, Orange County Register, 12 Oct. 2024
Castle View missed the extra point, but the deficit was now 16-13 with 7:32 left in the second quarter.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2024
Multiple missed two-point conversions took place at points during the game when the Giants would have been best served, mathematically, kicking the extra points.
—Howard Megdal, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Chef David Bancroft of Auburn, Alabama scored a touchdown with this tailgate recipe—and his Back Forty Beer Mustard is the extra point.
—David Bancroft, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1949, in the meaning defined above
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“Extra point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extra%20point. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
extra point
noun
: a point scored in football after a touchdown by kicking the ball between the goalposts or advancing it a short distance into the end zone
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