pointedly

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday handed President Donald Trump a German national team football jersey in honour of his 80th birthday and the World Cup, pointedly adding "after all we're on the same team".

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

He pointedly said every cabinet minister, every government department, had contributed cuts to their long-term, so-called capital budgets, to provide more for defence.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

As private-equity firms are pushing into insurance, he has pointedly defended Berkshire’s ultrasafe capital-heavy approach, saying in a 2021 video celebrating Gen Re’s 100th anniversary, “private equity is interested in medium-term not long-term.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

It would be nice to know more, but as Crowther pointedly observes multiple times, journalists never thought to ask her about her reading.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

He shrugged, then looked pointedly at the barn.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack