point-to-point

noun

: a cross-country steeplechase

Examples of point-to-point in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For the most part, these crafts bear a greater resemblance to helicopter-plane hybrids than to automobiles, and they can’t be driven on the road; they might better be described as electric aerial vehicles with the ability to hover and the no-fuss point-to-point flexibility of a car. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024 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 The foregoing alternative: point-to-point claim submission via carrier pigeon. Seth Joseph, Forbes, 28 Mar. 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 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 Official reports state that the annual inflation rate exceeds 46.5 percent, with point-to-point inflation at 63.9 percent. Susanna Hoffman, National Review, 9 Jan. 2024 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 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

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Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of point-to-point was in 1898

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“Point-to-point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point-to-point. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.

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