point to
phrasal verb
pointed to; pointing to; points to
1
: to direct attention to (someone or something) by moving one's finger or an object held in one's hand in a particular direction
She pointed to me and asked me to stand up.
2
: to mention or refer to (something) as a way of supporting an argument or claim
The prosecution is unable to point to anything that proves its case.
I can point to several past accomplishments that show that I can perform the job well.
3
: to show that something is true or probably true
All the evidence points to him as the murderer.
Her symptoms point to diabetes.
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While Hutchinson himself maintained that the murders were committed by home invaders, his defense team pointed to brain damage and trauma suffered by the former U.S. Army Ranger during his service in the Gulf War as reason to stop the execution.
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James Powel, USA Today, 3 May 2025
There are murders, mafia rivalries, triplet sisters…and in between, Stephanie stumbles from one plot point to the next.
—Hannah Madlener, Glamour, 2 May 2025
The game is an extraction shooter — a genre where players are tasked with infiltrating a zone, scavenging resources and completing missions while surviving environmental threats and assaults by other Runners, before finding an exfiltration point to escape with their bounty.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
But Parolin’s sceptics point to his lack of experience working at the church’s grassroots and his flat delivery of a homily at a Mass for around 200,000 young people in St Peter’s Square, the day after Francis’ funeral.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
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James Powel, USA Today, 3 May 2025
There are murders, mafia rivalries, triplet sisters…and in between, Stephanie stumbles from one plot point to the next.
—Hannah Madlener, Glamour, 2 May 2025
The game is an extraction shooter — a genre where players are tasked with infiltrating a zone, scavenging resources and completing missions while surviving environmental threats and assaults by other Runners, before finding an exfiltration point to escape with their bounty.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
But Parolin’s sceptics point to his lack of experience working at the church’s grassroots and his flat delivery of a homily at a Mass for around 200,000 young people in St Peter’s Square, the day after Francis’ funeral.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
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“Point to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point%20to. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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