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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
Turner filled up the stat sheet with season highs in points (23) and 3-pointers (five), as well as eight rebounds and four steals.
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Eric Nehm, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
Orlando also hit five of its first six 3-pointers to power a 24-4 first-quarter run.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Jimmy Butler led the Warriors with 19 points, and Draymond Green made five 3-pointers and scored 17 points.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
Tiller, who made three straight 3-pointers amid a 12-0 spurt that gave KU its biggest lead of the game (10 points), did not score in the second half.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
O’Neale made three 3-pointers during that stretch, and Booker sank two of his three 3-pointers.
—Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
LaVine had the hot hand early, scoring 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting with two 3-pointers.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Rozier played 9 minutes, 34 seconds for the Charlotte Hornets in the game against the New Orleans Pelicans before leaving with an injury and finished under his usual totals for points, assists and 3-pointers.
—Dian Zhang, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Ball added a 20-point performance, including a team-best four 3-pointers, while Miles Bridges put up 18 points.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
Eric Nehm, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
Orlando also hit five of its first six 3-pointers to power a 24-4 first-quarter run.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Jimmy Butler led the Warriors with 19 points, and Draymond Green made five 3-pointers and scored 17 points.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
Tiller, who made three straight 3-pointers amid a 12-0 spurt that gave KU its biggest lead of the game (10 points), did not score in the second half.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
O’Neale made three 3-pointers during that stretch, and Booker sank two of his three 3-pointers.
—Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
LaVine had the hot hand early, scoring 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting with two 3-pointers.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Rozier played 9 minutes, 34 seconds for the Charlotte Hornets in the game against the New Orleans Pelicans before leaving with an injury and finished under his usual totals for points, assists and 3-pointers.
—Dian Zhang, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Ball added a 20-point performance, including a team-best four 3-pointers, while Miles Bridges put up 18 points.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointers
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Buchmann said that although the team is similarly looking forward to seeing precinct-level data to get a clearer picture of how Wyandotte County voted, the team found a few indicators leading up to the election that told them the race between Watson and Mulvany Henry would be close.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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McDaniel’s teams are minus-18 in turnover margin in three-and-a-half seasons, and McDaniel stresses that turnovers are the best indicators of who wins football games.—
Omar Kelly
November 7,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Packed practical tutorials, tool tips and ideas drawing from Hanna’s experience the paperback teaches sewers of all levels a range of genius jean repair, repurpose and restyling skills.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Nov. 2025
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Off Brazil’s northeastern coast, where the sediment-heavy water of the vast Amazon River tips out into the Atlantic, are two very different types of treasure.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The slightly thinner, trailing branches include a mix of long and short needles.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
5 Nov. 2025
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That said, its functionality should improve considerably once the technology is scaled up, which would partially involve adding more needles to the knitting block.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Zverev has intermittently heeded the advice, but his last match before the start of the Tour Finals ended in a 6-0, 6-1 shellacking by Sinner, aggravated by swelling in his right ankle.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Stavvy’s World is an advice panel show featuring Halkias alongside many of today’s buzziest emerging comics, which has done over 30 million downloads/views year-to-date across platforms.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
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On Friday, stocks snapped a three-week advance, with technology dragging all three major indexes into the red.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
7 Nov. 2025
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Asian and European indices followed suit, highlighting how tightly global sentiment is bound to a handful of AI leaders.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Pointers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointers. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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