pointers

noun

plural of pointer
1
as in indicators
an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information the pointer on my bathroom scale must be stuck—I know I lost weight

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2
as in tips
a piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert the instructor gave me a few pointers but otherwise let me do the cooking by myself

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Recent Examples of pointers Howard makes the second-most 3-pointers per game in the league — trailing only Toronto’s Marina Mabrey, who’s also competing. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 22 July 2026 Rockets to the corners for open 3-pointers, quick pocket passes to rollers and kickouts to the wings that keep the offense ticking along. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 19 July 2026 McBride was 9 of 14 from the field, making four 3-pointers to help Minnesota improve to a league-best 20-6. — ABC News, 18 July 2026 Ware, ironically, is what Riley says the Heat now need, a big man who can deter at the rim and convert 3-pointers on the other end. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026 In his lone season at North Carolina, Wilson attempted 27 3-pointers and made seven of them. — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 11 July 2026 The discovery of dangling memory pointers in C++ code is hardly unusual, especially when the code is extremely complex and dynamic. — Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Penda knocked down five 3-pointers to score a team-high 23 points in 29 minutes of action while Richardson notched 15 points with four assists and two steals in 30 minutes. — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointers
  1. indicators
  2. tips
  3. needles
  4. advice
  5. indexes
Noun
  • Together, the capex commitments, power demand projections, physical bottlenecks, and input price inflation are the indicators of the installation phase.
    — Nili Gilbert, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Moving envelope indicators and Bollinger Bands show long positions struggling, while the MACD, RSI, and major long-term moving averages display explicitly bearish momentum profiles.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 July 2026
Definition of indicators
Noun
  • Pro tips The biggest mistake beginners make with pencil eyeliner is attempting to draw one flawless, uninterrupted stroke from the inner corner to the outer corner.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 24 July 2026
  • Willis told The Star during a phone interview that the point of sale system was collecting tips at first.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Definition of tips
Noun
  • Track three scuttles atop a bed of pine needles and broken eggshells, a nervous, almost dubsteppy rhythm haloed in Four Tet’s characteristic bell tones.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026
  • The dense evergreen cover provides shelter, the soft needles nesting material, and the seed-bearing cones give food for a variety of bird species.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2026
Definition of needles
Noun
  • Beyond the device, Tang and Collier shared some compelling advice for spending less time on your phone starting right now.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 July 2026
  • That trust is reinforced by a constant focus on improving governance, not solely by directives but by taking in the best advice from all stakeholders.
    — Liron Zaslansky, semafor.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of advice
Noun
  • Stock futures are lower this morning after all three major indexes broke their three-day losing streaks.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 22 July 2026
  • Wednesday’s daily high is 105 degrees, and heat index values (or indices) could reach 116 degrees.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
Definition of indexes

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