How to Use more to the point in a Sentence

more to the point

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  • Or perhaps more to the point, our way of thinking about them is.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
  • And more to the point, who in her right mind would want to mechanize them?
    Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • Leibovitz argued that ads like that need to be tougher and more to the point.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
  • But that doesn’t mean that JT is right or, more to the point, isn’t a dweeb.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Yes — but more to the point of the actual movie that follows, not quite like this.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2021
  • But not everyone wants (or, more to the point, can afford) to live in one.
    Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2021
  • The same piercing pain, but now around the eyes, or above the eyes, or more to the point, behind the eyes.
    Eduardo Halfon, The New York Review of Books, 23 June 2021
  • Or, more to the point, what's on a station named for a type of music when that music goes away?
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
  • And, more to the point, what happens when such an event is in the backyard of your home or business?
    Justin Worland, TIME, 18 Jan. 2025
  • And those costs can add up — or, more to the point, subtract from your long-term investment goals.
    Terry Savage, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Or, more to the point, there was back in 2020, but malware has evolved since then.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Stars, or even more to the point, superstars, take such matters into their own hands.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The outfit is fabulous, but her walk is all cutesy and silly and, more to the point, un-fab.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Maybe most of all those on the floor, who, perhaps more to the point, had reason to feel like lottery winners.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The general nature of these seizures refers more to the point of origin than signs and symptoms.
    Smita Patel, Verywell Health, 19 July 2024
  • But there's still a lot to like about Skype--and, more to the point, for Microsoft to like.
    IEEE Spectrum, 13 May 2011
  • And, more to the point, who needs binary divisions of gender?
    Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • And more to the point — what drove those comedians to devalue themselves in the first place?
    J Wortham, New York Times, 12 May 2024
  • The risk for celebrities, or, more to the point, their stylists, is that sometimes these efforts can come across as, well, costume-y.
    Erik Maza, Town & Country, 14 Sep. 2021
  • His loyalty is to the Penguins and, more to the point, to Crosby.
    Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • And if other songs feel more like they were written by a teenager, the fact that those are the exceptions may be more to the point.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Second, and more to the point, what has Barron done — at camp or over two preseason games — to stake his claim?
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Or, more to the point, the ability of its many design teams to lavishly re-create a bygone world.
    Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2024
  • And, more to the point, Ford lost money on every vehicle, even at the higher-than-promised price point.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Or, more to the point, how a superhero became an inspiration.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • And, more to the point, AI companies are footing the bill for more than just college students.
    Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Their communication on help and switches wasn't perfect, but more to the point, the system was overtaxed.
    Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But more to the point, no one’s going to make an eight-hour streaming series (ending in a cliffhanger) about an actually safe town.
    Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Or more to the point, Harbaugh has gained an even greater appreciation for Herbert.
    Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 11 June 2024
  • The bad blood isn't over the soccer game, but what's going on—or, more to the point, won't go on—outside the stadium in Munich.
    Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 23 June 2021

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