to the point of
idiom
: to a particular state
The animals were hunted to the point of extinction.
He pushed her to the point of hysterics.
He's concerned about money to the point of obsession.
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 18 May 2025
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Slowly, over time, Wallis’s brain had recovered to the point of regaining speech.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
Centrism is not compromising to the point of abandoning one’s values or refusing to take a stand on important issues.
—Harry Kraemer, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Neither of them, nor really anyone else in the cast for that matter, manages to elevate these characters to the point of an actual personality.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2025
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 18 May 2025
Read: How people with dementia make sense of the world
Slowly, over time, Wallis’s brain had recovered to the point of regaining speech.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
Centrism is not compromising to the point of abandoning one’s values or refusing to take a stand on important issues.
—Harry Kraemer, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Neither of them, nor really anyone else in the cast for that matter, manages to elevate these characters to the point of an actual personality.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for to the point of
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“To the point of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20point%20of. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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