to the point of
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: 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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In the face of that reality—the death, functionally, of the American dream—millennials, Gen Zers and Gen Alphaers have started fantasizing about the abolition of money, of technology, of progress entirely, to the point of dreaming about regressing away from humanity itself.
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As with many other moments since arriving, the moment is ridiculous to the point of comical.
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Coles’ father was apathetic to the point of never giving his son a Christmas gift.
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Moody to the point of being cruel, the Jess character is too familiar.
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Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025
As with many other moments since arriving, the moment is ridiculous to the point of comical.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Coles’ father was apathetic to the point of never giving his son a Christmas gift.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Moody to the point of being cruel, the Jess character is too familiar.
—Justin Kirkland, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
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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 9 Dec. 2025.
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