How to Use point the way in a Sentence
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How else to explain the weird twins that point the way?
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
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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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Signs point the way to measles testing in Seminole, Texas, on Feb. 27.
—Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 20 Mar. 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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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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Signs point the way to measles testing in Seminole, Texas, on Thursday.
—Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
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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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Brazil’s strong reduction in the late 2000s, for example, could point the way.
—Jocelyn Timperley, Wired, 2 Dec. 2021
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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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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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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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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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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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And on March 1, another celestial object will help point the way to this rocky little planet: the moon.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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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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When making such difficult choices, core values can help point the way.
—Martin Gutmann, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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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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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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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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His final observations about Mr. Trump may point the way forward.
—D.g. Hart, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
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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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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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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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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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And the good news is that, in both red and blue states, there are models designed to keep citizens well in the short term and live longer, healthier lives in the long run—that point the way forward and through this time of uncertainty and tumult.
—Dr. Ashwin Vasan, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025
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Could someone please point the way back to reality?
—Brenda Looper, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
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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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If life is out there, Pandora could point the way.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
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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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Five years on, the Abraham Accords still point the way to peace.
—FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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