miss the point
Example Sentences
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But to say they choose to live on the street, as Pratt has, is to miss the point, to excuse our own complicity, to overlook historic policy failures, and to choose contempt over compassion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Both statements can be technically accurate and still miss the point.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
But you miss the point if you fail to look at the bigger picture.
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2026
Amanda explains what their anger really reveals about their deep anxieties around masculinity and race — and how they completely miss the point of what Superman has stood for forever.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2025
A lot of people will claim to be both, but those people miss the point entirely: You are predisposed to either one fate or the other.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
