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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Friedland briefly dropped the bit to press Torres on the human toll in Gaza, sometimes to the point of tears; Torres stayed rigidly on-message.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
This research dovetails with another finding from earlier this year in which it was found that ants infected with fungal spores began social distancing themselves from other ants in the nest, to the point of building different nest entrances and tunnels.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
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.
—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
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
This research dovetails with another finding from earlier this year in which it was found that ants infected with fungal spores began social distancing themselves from other ants in the nest, to the point of building different nest entrances and tunnels.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
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.
—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
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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 14 Dec. 2025.
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