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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To that point, some advisers indicated to Semafor that the results rolling in so far were not surprising to them.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
But polls indicated that the economy — not crime — was the top concern for North Carolina voters this year.

— Colin Campbell, NPR, 4 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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Using Raymond’s drawings and his own observations of the boy, Bob created Deafman Glance, a seven-hour silent opera that signaled his European renown.

— Keith McDermott, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026
Other California officials have signaled a willingness to work with federal authorities.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of signaled

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These results implied either that the models were engaged in two unrelated forms of introspection, or that one of the processes wasn’t introspection after all.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026
In August, after Piker implied that Jews' support for Israel puts them at risk of personal violence, El-Sayed sought to distance himself from the controversy, saying Piker did not speak for the campaign.

— Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026

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