talking points

plural of talking point

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Recent Examples of talking points Johnson then hewed to talking points about crime rates in Chicago going down. Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talking points
Noun
  • Revord fielded questions from curious castmates and asked hair and makeup artists to help choose character outfits for their Pinterest board.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • David Bowden told the Washington Post that the cleanup duties raise questions about how to maintain the units’ readiness.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The concept touches on many of the topics driving political debate across the United States, from criminal justice reform and diversity, equity, and inclusion to affirmative action and immigration.
    John Scott Lewinski, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The club’s managing director faced the media within 24 hours of Monday’s 7pm deadline, with no topics off the table.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This body is now written into the club’s articles of association, in theory reducing the chance of problems.
    Simon Hughes, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The past year has been marred by a number of troubles, including resolving management problems and financial issues.
    David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The region is just coming off high tide, so many ongoing coastal flooding issues will likely subside a bit heading into the region’s low tide around midnight.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Patients, compounders and health care professionals can report issues with GLP-1 drugs through the MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online or by calling the Division of Drug Information 855-543-3784.
    Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The challenge is that by dint of being more practical, at the introductory level these subjects are less inherently complex with fewer multi-step cognitive-skill-building puzzles to be solved.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • But the bulk of Larios’ remarks were more serious, touching on subjects such as collaboration, respecting others, self-forgiveness and the importance of work-life balance.
    Todd Longwell, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Talking points.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talking%20points. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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