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The goal is to enable folks to take one of Archer’s Midnight air taxis for a 10- to 20-minute point-to-point trip that, with traffic, could take two hours. Mike Barnes For The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2026 For an unguided experience, his company’s Rental and Ride package simplifies the logistics of a point-to-point river trip by coordinating the drop-off and downriver pickup. Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026 The mission-management and autonomy components communicated through OMS and UCI rather than through custom point-to-point interfaces. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026 Future markets identified in the prospectus also include energy production on Mars, space tourism, and point-to-point terrestrial travel. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for point-to-point

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

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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 26 Aug. 2026.

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