How to Use point the way in a Sentence
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Signs point the way to the scenic vista that teeters over a stunning red rock landscape.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2023
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Five years on, the Abraham Accords still point the way to peace.
—FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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After orientation, the park rangers will point the way to the falls.
—Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2022
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Finding the cause could point the way to a meaningful treatment.
—Delthia Ricks, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2011
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Cavers usually use these arrows to point the way out of deep passages in case someone gets lost.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2022
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Finding the lounge is easy, as plenty of signs point the way toward The Bridge.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
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When making such difficult choices, core values can help point the way.
—Martin Gutmann, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Had Swift, the teen prodigy who is now 34, helped point the way from one stage to another?
—Bill Pennington, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2024
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Maybe this year’s Oscars will point the way toward whatever survival means now.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
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Signs point the way to measles testing in Seminole, Texas, on Thursday.
—Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
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More than ever, China needs Beijing to act, to point the way to future action.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
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Hiking trails have become more popular than ever — and The Wild was there to help point the way.
—Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2021
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Brazil’s strong reduction in the late 2000s, for example, could point the way.
—Jocelyn Timperley, Wired, 2 Dec. 2021
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Next locate the uppermost three stars and use them to point the way to Andromeda, as shown in the finder chart above.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 Nov. 2025
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Both countries are just getting started, but their work could help point the way for other countries and inform a global road map process.
—Jennifer Morgan, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
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That work could reveal whether this gene is truly at the root of her problems, and potentially point the way toward her treatment.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2021
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Amid modern uncertainty, that period can help point the way forward.
—Donald Bryson, National Review, 16 June 2024
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Introduction The quakes that rocked the region in November helped point the way.
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024
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This will help point the way forward for data democratization.
—Derek Wang, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
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The four films mentioned above will point the way to prosperity or disaster for Hollywood.
—Frank Pallotta, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021
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In this time of uncertainty, the kindness of the common woman and man point the way to reclaiming a sense of national purpose.
—WSJ, 3 June 2022
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Successful tests of this Marscopter could point the way toward new methods for searching the surface of Mars and other worlds from their skies.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2021
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But the findings could also point the way for millions of other patients around the world who are contending with heart disease, which remains a leading cause of death.
—Gina Kolata, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
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Researchers have found signatures in the blood of people suffering from long Covid, which might point the way to treatments for the condition.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
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These are serious concerns and point the way towards the ultimate bull market, where prices would be far above historical levels.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 8 June 2022
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Together, the two stories point the way toward the next quarter-century of popular culture.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2022
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The killer used golf clubs and golf balls found in Andy’s car to point the way to Cheryl’s body, which was hidden under a pile of boards, police said, per the outlet.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
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Feminism should help point the way out of this predicament, but feminism, Srinivasan believes, bears some blame for getting us into it in the first place.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
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In many cases, analytic insights simply point the way to do what’s already being done more efficiently.
—Marc Price, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
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Where babysitter movies point the way to recovery — the movies that serve as babysitters, that is — an entire entertainment industry prays for many more to follow.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2023
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