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
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.
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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
The unusual-looking freshwater fish, which has pointy teeth and a long snout, measured 7 feet and 3 inches and weighed 153 pounds, according to Weston’s post—about the same heft as a keg of beer.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
But then, there’s the glowing red eyes and the pointy teeth and the screaming.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
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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
The unusual-looking freshwater fish, which has pointy teeth and a long snout, measured 7 feet and 3 inches and weighed 153 pounds, according to Weston’s post—about the same heft as a keg of beer.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
But then, there’s the glowing red eyes and the pointy teeth and the screaming.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointy
Adjective
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His pointed question drew some cheers and applause from elsewhere in the chamber.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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President Donald Trump delivered a Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday that combined solemn tributes with pointed political remarks and self-congratulatory rhetoric, in a speech that diverged from the traditional tone of presidential remembrance.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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President Donald Trump’s turbulent tariff policy is projected to cause a sharper slowdown in economic growth in the United States and around the world than previously expected, the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) found in a Tuesday report.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
3 June 2025
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Still, some of the sharpest pullbacks in job postings were also in leisure and hospitality, with declines at restaurants, hotels, as well as other service-providing businesses.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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The other eight prisoners who escaped from their cell and hopped the barbed wire fence to freedom have all been recaptured.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
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Sneakers hang by their laces from barbed wire, dangling above two motorbikes.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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“Pointy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointy. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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