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points (to)

verb

present tense third-person singular of point (to)

as in indicates

to serve as a sign or symptom of the reduced production points to declining efficiency within the plant

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The trajectory of income growth indicates that the current pace of consumer spending is likely to slow but still remain fairly solid, said Gus Faucher, senior vice president and chief economist at The PNC Financial Services Group.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
The report also indicates there were breaks for players to get water.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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Yet, despite these extraordinary advances, the brain still holds countless mysteries, with much more left to learn and discover and optogenetics has given us a powerful means to take on these challenges.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026
What this means, in practical terms, is that the songs on Beat elevate mood above structure.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026

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