POINTED (OUT) Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

pointed (out)

verb

Definition of pointed (out)

past tense of point (out)

as in hinted (at)

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Some of the first reports indicated that Adebayo threw a punch at Herro’s head before the two were separated, but some league sources have indicated that initial portrayals of the fight were overblown.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Focusing on elections Trump indicated while speaking to reporters during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office on Tuesday that elections will be the primary focus of his address.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 14 July 2026

Definition of indicated

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Colorado regulators who recently began a formal rulemaking process had suggested a state-level minimum of three hours of nursing care per resident.

— Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 5 July 2026
Previous studies suggested that dielectric screening plays an important role, but structural distortions and screening effects remained so intertwined that they could not be cleanly separated.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026

Definition of suggested

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The law primarily applies to rural and small towns along with affluent suburbs and is intended to boost the supply of housing available to people with below-average incomes.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026
No regular-season league matches in European football have previously been staged abroad, but Italy’s Serie A and La Liga, the top division of Spanish football, both had intended to do so last season.

— Dominic Fifield, New York Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of intended

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While different intermediate levels of p-tau217 signaled progressive risk, only the very highest level seemed to correlate with other evidence about that tipping point.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 July 2026
Brittin’s view puts him on the same page as UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, who yesterday signaled her support for the streamer plan for the first time.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 July 2026

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