as in pointed
tapering to a thin tip
wears high heels with very pointy toes even though they kill her feet
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Recent Examples of pointy
Going has three membership tiers, but the best one for those looking to fly at the pointy end of the plane is the Elite tier.
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Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 19 Mar. 2025
For now, most of the attention is on investments at the pointy end of the plane.
—Chris Dong, AFAR Media, 13 May 2025
The echidna — fittingly known as the spiny anteater — lives entirely on land, is covered in pointy quills and has rear feet that face backward, kicking up dirt as the animal burrows into the ground.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
Their curving facades are meant to break with much of the city’s more angular structures; with rounded corner window walls and textural finishes that add movement to buildings, the towers will stand out among many of the more aggressively pointy skyscrapers that dot the landscape.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2025
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Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 19 Mar. 2025
For now, most of the attention is on investments at the pointy end of the plane.
—Chris Dong, AFAR Media, 13 May 2025
The echidna — fittingly known as the spiny anteater — lives entirely on land, is covered in pointy quills and has rear feet that face backward, kicking up dirt as the animal burrows into the ground.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
Their curving facades are meant to break with much of the city’s more angular structures; with rounded corner window walls and textural finishes that add movement to buildings, the towers will stand out among many of the more aggressively pointy skyscrapers that dot the landscape.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointy
Adjective
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Josh Kraft, Wu’s top mayoral opponent, was more pointed in his criticism.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
4 July 2025
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Harris also recently delivered her most pointed remarks about President Trump and attended a high school graduation in Compton.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has publicly stated that recent U.S. and Israeli airstrikes inflicted serious damage on Iran's nuclear sites, a sharp contrast to the downplaying by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and one early U.S. intelligence assessment that was leaked to media.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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It’s measured in sharper thinking, richer conversations, and better decisions.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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The group of inmates escaped by yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet, crawling through a hole in the wall behind it and scaling a barbed wire fence in the early morning hours.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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Louisiana Attorney General's Office via AP The group of inmates escaped by yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet, crawling through a hole and scaling a barbed wire fence in the early morning hours when a lone guard left to get food.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 June 2025
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“Pointy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointy. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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