point (to)

as in to indicate
to serve as a sign or symptom of the reduced production points to declining efficiency within the plant

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  • AeroMap has been validated against NASA wind tunnel data, with results showing close agreement between its predictions and experimental measurements, indicating its suitability for sustainable aircraft development, according to a press release.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
  • He was known to the university only as Justin Phillips and none of the school’s records indicated a prior identity, according to the statement.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 7 Nov. 2025
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  • Working from top to bottom means debris from the top will land on a dirty floor instead of a clean one.
    Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Doing so would mean advancing the clocks forward an hour for the whole year, so that the sun would appear to rise and set an hour later in both the summer and in the winter.
    Chantelle Lee, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Point (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/point%20%28to%29. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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