as in pointed
tapering to a thin tip
wears high heels with very pointy toes even though they kill her feet
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Recent Examples of pointy
Almost 70 years ago, archaeologists on a sacred island in southern Japan dug up a pointy gold sheath.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
Each type ranges from an oval and flat flash, to a thin or pointy strip that also only last between 1-2 seconds and 15 seconds.
—Madison Dapcevich, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2025
For the most part, Kelly, 56, and London, 55, defended their choices, which included eye-popping prints, bedazzled band T-shirts, extremely pointy heels and lots of bootleg jeans.
—John Russell, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Going has three membership tiers, but the best one for those looking to fly at the pointy end of the plane is the Elite tier.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 19 Mar. 2025
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
Each type ranges from an oval and flat flash, to a thin or pointy strip that also only last between 1-2 seconds and 15 seconds.
—Madison Dapcevich, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2025
For the most part, Kelly, 56, and London, 55, defended their choices, which included eye-popping prints, bedazzled band T-shirts, extremely pointy heels and lots of bootleg jeans.
—John Russell, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Going has three membership tiers, but the best one for those looking to fly at the pointy end of the plane is the Elite tier.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointy
Adjective
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Featuring pointed ears, jagged teeth and a mischievous grin, the rabbit-ish toy is flying off store shelves around the world and being collected by celebrities including Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and Lisa from the K-pop group Blackpink.—
Yue Wang,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Roberts still acknowledged this all becomes more of a conversation if the Dodgers can get closer to full strength, anyway, before retracting some of his pointed criticism of Hernández from Monday night and doubling down on his belief Hernández can improve his range.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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At the same time, Jota’s death has brought certain things into sharp context, about how fragile life — and within that, something like a football career — can be.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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The comments were greeted by sharp statements from several Arab states, which condemned the use of the term as provocative and counterproductive to peace.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Blood of My Blood doesn’t shy away from the violence and gore of this war — there is blood and guts and young men dying, there is poison gas and bodies on barbed wire.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Aug. 2025
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Panthers will be stymied by 28,000 feet of barbed wire fencing.—
Elise Bennett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Pointy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointy. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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