bullet point

noun

|Updated on: 28 May 2018

Definition of bullet point

: an item in a list that has a large dot in front of it to signify its importance; broadly : any point or statement given special emphasis (as in a speech)

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Recent Examples of bullet point from the Web

Those wins will become bullet points in the data that the stakeholders who invest money in these artists (record labels) refer to.

— refinery29.com, "The Billboard Awards Celebrated Women. The Problem Is, They Won't Make History.," 21 May 2018
And with Wenger's 'Invincible' season being among the top bullet points on his resume, why is Barcelona's undefeated run in Spain not being nearly as celebrated?

— grant wahl and brian straus, SI.com, "Wenger's Future and Why Barcelona's 'Invincible' Run Is Not as Celebrated as Arsenal's," 9 May 2018
Trump's public attempts at framing could fail, and even if his lawyers are able to get him out of one or two of these bullet points, there's no indication that this is a complete list of what Mueller wants to ask Trump.

— jay willis, GQ, "What Mueller's Questions for Trump Might Tell Us About His Investigation," 1 May 2018
The page just looks like a long list of bullet points.

— dear sam, NOLA.com, "How to design a creative resume," 4 May 2018
Even so, Rose had a legal pad filled with bullet points and the corresponding plays were cued up on the monitor, ready to show our mistakes in HD.

— george schroeder, USA TODAY, "Being a college football official is hard. I tried it at the South Carolina spring game," 5 Apr. 2018
Basically, all planetarium films start with a short list of bullet points that the audience should take away from the show.

— beth spotswood, San Francisco Chronicle, "Team works in twilight zone to bring reef to surface at Cal Academy," 11 Apr. 2018
Before our last session, my therapist offers to write a few bullet points on a Post-it note for me.

— meaghan o'connell, The Cut, "This Time, I’m Not Afraid to Give Birth," 9 Apr. 2018
On Tuesday, Collin Sexton added another bullet point to his resume after he was named an Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American.

— rainer sabin, AL.com, "Alabama G Collin Sexton named an All-American," 27 Mar. 2018

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