POINTING Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

pointing

verb

present participle of point

as in referring

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as in aiming

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Verb

The White House did not comment on whether the administration has threatened to do so again, instead referring NPR to comments Trump made Tuesday.

— Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
Congressional Democrats continue to sound the alarm over these investments, referring ABC News to their May demand to the Department of Defense to launch an investigation into the president's family.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of referring

Verb

Trump later complained that CNN and MS NOW did not cover Xi’s visit, without mentioning his efforts to ban the two outlets from the White House grounds.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026
Suffice it to say the mystery bullets that landed in Rate Field’s bleachers in 2023 and wounded two women definitely aren’t relevant to this feel-good story but are worth mentioning to remind us how much the Sox narrative has changed.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of mentioning

Verb

Rather than focusing exclusively on demonstrations, the courses guide you through practical projects.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026
El-Sayed and Rogers each spent about 20 minutes answering the same eight questions, focusing on different sectors of the economy.

— Elle Meyers, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of focusing

Verb

The team at the University of California, San Francisco, who conducted the study, used blood tests to measure five different signaling molecules involved in inflammation in participants, both before and after two sessions with psilocybin.

— Will Stone, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
The storied jeweler on Wednesday will open its new boutique on the city’s luxury shopping street Via Tornabuoni, signaling a further step in the brand’s expansion in Italy.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of signaling

Verb

One of the main threads of the book that drew Duffield to directing the adaptation was the father-son relationship at its core; his own son was 4 at the time of the set visit.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Earlier in the same week, North Korea reported testing tactical ballistic missiles from the area around the capital, directing them towards the East Sea.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of directing

Verb

After nailing a 44-yard field goal in the first quarter, Grupe injured his right knee while tackling Cardinals kick returner Devin Duvernay at midfield on a 40-yard kickoff return.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
What was your process like for nailing the Newfoundland accent?

— William Earl, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of nailing

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