more to the point

phrase

: more importantly
If you drive while drunk, you could lose your license, but even more to the point, you could kill someone.

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That’s debatable, but more to the point the later single-digit rounds are probably not part of the Dead Zone these days, as other good research has shown. Ben Gretch, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Related Stories Understandably, Grohl had to make it at least a little about himself, too, or more to the point, this being a milestone for his 32-year-old band. Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026 The idea that these companies are meaningfully different from gambling sites — or, more to the point, that their growth is not being driven by young men gambling on their phones — is hard to take seriously. Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026 But as the appreciation lagged, as the vote counts dwindled, a moment of reckoning has arrived, or, more to the point, a moment of recognition. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for more to the point

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“More to the point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20to%20the%20point. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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