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  • present participle of point.
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pointing

[poin-ting] / ˈpɔɪn tɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
directed
Synonyms


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PepsiCo PEP 2.42%increase; up pointing triangle used to embody everything investors prized in a stock: dependable brands, reliable earnings growth and steady returns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Regions Financial RF 1.56%increase; up pointing triangle posted higher profit and revenue in the third quarter, as both net interest income and non-interest income grew.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

For that reason, he said now is an opportune moment to invest in gold and silver, pointing to monetary easing triggering a bull market for commodities.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Walmart WMT 1.47%increase; up pointing triangle has actively worked with OpenAI and Google to try to boost traffic via AI tools, which the retailer’s U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“This is my sister’s name,” Danny said quickly, pointing to the familiar letters.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

There were glowing little pointings labeled Lemons and Oranges, Radishes, or just plain Fruit, but never "Still Life."

From Time Magazine Archive

Add to all this labor the neat work upon the rigging,— the knots, flemish-eyes, splices, seizings, coverings, pointings, and graffings which show a ship in crack order.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

Bonnet had been talking to Herriot with quick gestures and pointings.

From The Black Buccaneer by Stephen W. (Stephen Warren) Meader

Thought, meditation, prayer, are the great mysterious pointings of the needle.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

They are very inquisitive, and, by their jabberings and pointings, incessantly, want Speke to show everything he possesses.

From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by William Henry Giles Kingston


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