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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The deputy's statement of facts indicated that the Camry driver did not apply his brakes before the collision, and the evidence showed the speedometer was stuck at 100 mph after the crash.

— Senior Editor, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Certain Anthropic board members and entities affiliated or associated ‌with them ⁠have indicated interest in buying up to $303 million of shares from the offering.

— Reuters, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of indicated

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Laster also suggested that the company’s financial advisors had data disputing our conclusions.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
And there will be a lot of them to loft — 100,000 Starlink V3 satellites and a million Starmind AI data centers, company founder and CEO Elon Musk has suggested.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of suggested

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In published updates, the company has attributed service restrictions and pricing changes to demand exceeding capacity, and outlined investments intended to reduce the backlog.

— Matthew Tan, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
New system expands research IBM said the system is intended to help organizations across Illinois explore computationally difficult problems using quantum computing.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of intended

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But when Franklyn eventually attempted to discuss the night with Portnoy and the Barstool executive team, no one seemed as worried as Cooper had implied, Franklyn wrote.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2026
The path for monetary policy remains in focus, especially after Friday's blowout payrolls report showed that hourly wages continue to grow and implied that the job market is holding up.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026

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