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  • present participle of point.
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pointing

[poin-ting] / ˈpɔɪn tɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
directed
Synonyms


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Vodafone VOD -1.68%decrease; red down pointing triangle Group is dialing up its cost-savings target for its U.K. unit VodafoneThree, saying it expects the business to be a key driver of the group’s midterm ambitions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Apollo APO -0.34%decrease; down pointing triangle and Blackstone BX -1.35%decrease; down pointing triangle are among the lenders Broadcom has talked to about participating in the deal, people close to the situation said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Sources told the BBC that Salt stood pointing his mobile at the training session, while wearing in-ear headphones.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Audiences have become accustomed to Mungiu pointing out uncomfortable truths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

‘It’s from their parents,’ Gabi says, pointing at the bottom of the page.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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 smiled, displaying their wonderful teeth, consulted together, and finally with many labials and uncouth pointings of shapely hands they indicated the door of the "first floor front," whose wooden shutters were closely barred.

From Romance Island by Zona Gale

To think of some things you did—those smilings and chattings, rash pointings and gesturings.

From The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

In this our Commonwealth and city have but been true to the sublime pointings and ideals of the leaders of the Revolution and the founders of the Republic, whom we celebrate to-day.

From Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform by Robert I. Fulton



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