bullet point
nounDefinition of bullet point
: an item in a list that has a large dot in front of it to signify its importance
broadly
: any point or statement given special emphasis (as in a speech)
Examples of bullet point in a Sentence
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It’s more than reading some bullet points on Tinder. — Jenna Birch, Washington Post, "Daters discard one another so quickly. Could this experiment help people commit?," 6 Aug. 2019 His list of concerns for bringing a concert to University Boulevard has a few bullet points. — Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al.com, "Why there aren’t concerts in Bryant-Denny Stadium, the brief history of shows there," 15 July 2019 The covers show the grade, vs. age, and inside are bullet points. — The Washington Post, "Carolyn Hax Live: 'The cat is your guardian angel'," 25 Jan. 2019 Here's the recommendation with charts, graphs and bullet points. — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, "A man who can build a car by hand leads Ford into future; 'He’s just never afraid'," 19 June 2019 And the battle arenas' clear designs didn't just dump a bunch of verticality into the fray as a press-release bullet point. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "DOOM Eternal gameplay world premiere: Devil horns in the air—literally," 9 June 2019 While Taylor the person was a mere shadow, her infractions were writ large, cast in bullet points pulled from Sherwin’s case files. — Lynell George, latimes.com, "‘The Queen’ was kidnapper and a grifter — but her welfare scam made her a symbol," 7 June 2019 When Minnesota United hired Adrian Heath before its first MLS season in 2017, the new head coach’s development of goal-scorers was a main bullet point on his résumé. — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, "Adrian Heath’s track record for developing scorers got him United job, but Loons aren’t scoring," 11 June 2019 Dimensions: 14 x 9.75 x 0.75 inches Weight: 4.4 pounds That last bullet point is worth pointing out. — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, "MSI GS65 Stealth Thin Review: This thin gaming laptop features 9th-gen Core and GTX 1660 Ti," 6 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bullet point.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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