How to Use point person in a Sentence
point person
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The rest of the group can Venmo the point person for their share.
—Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE.com, 6 Nov. 2019
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That would be the point person or the person who is in charge of the fire that day.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
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Garvey is serving as the board’s point person with K-12 in the search.
—Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021
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Vint was the point person on the network testing for Len.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 June 2023
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Whitehouse has been the Democrats’ point person in the Senate for years on these ethics matters.
—Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
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Wilkes will be the point person for new business strategies.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2022
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The other, David Kaye, is the U.N. point person on free expression.
—Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2020
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Many small businesses don’t have an IT team or even an IT point person.
—Jeff Shiner, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
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Biden was Barack Obama’s point person in his push for gun control.
—John R. Lott Jr., National Review, 4 Mar. 2020
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Yet, the point person overseeing that work has a second job.
—Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023
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Biden's border point person can't be bothered to show up.
—Jack Durschlag, Fox News, 7 Apr. 2021
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Years ago, as the point person in Michigan’s ground attack, Wheatley usually found a way to make the right moves.
—Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2020
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Martin was a key point person for the CNP in Trump’s reelection campaign.
—Anne Nelson, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2022
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Alexander became the Bureau’s point person on all things meat.
—Michael Waters, Smithsonian, 9 Aug. 2019
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Charles Penner, the firm’s point person on the campaign, was a partner at activist hedge fund Jana Partners.
—Antoine Gara, Forbes, 22 June 2021
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Upon Malcolm's death in 2014, his six children became the owners, with Byran as the point person.
—Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 7 Sep. 2023
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Yet there’s no specific plan for nightlife — nor a point person to serve as its advocate.
—Emma Silvers, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 July 2022
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Nau’s the one who volunteered to be the family’s point person for Forsythe’s grand birthday party on Feb. 29.
—Susan Young, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
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Noreen Brown, whose son, CJ, competes at 160 pounds for the Rangers, is the point person for concessions and parent volunteers.
—Brandon Chase, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2020
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Shawn Newell, the emcee for Thursday’s event and the congregation’s point person on renaming the street, couldn’t help but laugh.
—Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2021
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Who is the point person for emergency situations on the field?
—Stephanie Kuzydym, courier-journal.com, 18 Apr. 2023
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Sources told the Washington Examiner that Troupis would likely be the point person for the recount effort in the state.
—Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 18 Nov. 2020
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Friedman served as Greifeld’s point person in securing two megadeals, both of which closed in 2008, that transformed Nasdaq.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2021
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The point person for handling the case is Kent Walker, Google’s chief legal officer and head of global affairs.
—Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2020
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Listen to what people have to say — one venue could be great but expensive or with a difficult point person.
—Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2022
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Since October 2020, Jack was the food-service point person at JR’s, serving meatballs and hot dogs to its customers.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 3 June 2021
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According to Miller, their point person at Universal had two big notes.
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2022
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Streich, who is the Verdi point person for Amazon Leipzig, sees the wins but also noted the downsides of a lack of a bargaining agreement.
—Allie Gross, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022
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Murphy, who ended up being the point person in the search for her mother, was living in Singapore and coaching basketball at the time.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2024
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The following roles should have a seat at the table: your developer team lead, your CTO, product managers, head of support, your technical writer and a point person from the business side.
—Steve Rodda, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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