• Bullet-point

    Full definition of bullet-point

    Noun

    1. Alternative form of en.
      • 22 November 2020, Brett Josef Grubisic, Debut offers hopeful glimmers amid gloom, Though reducing the stories to bullet-points of plot creates an impression that MacDonald is deeply sombre and perhaps a touch death-obsessed, her stories are meditative about the enormous complexity — and importance — of close relationships.
      • 17 April 2021, Daphne Bramham, It’s an odd partnership, but family from the Ozarks saved our aquarium, Aside from the seeming weirdness of it all, here are some quick bullet-points about the sale: ∎ Herschend has no plans to bring back whales.
      • 30 March 2023, Will Bontrager, Understanding Autism — SECAC hosts Neal Lichter Pathfinders for Autism, Just as helpful as Lichter’s bullet-points, were his demonstrations with the audience.

    Verb

    1. To describe in a set of bullet points.
      • 2000, Ann Taket, Partnership and Participation: Decision-making in the Multiagency Setting, Concept mapping, mind mapping and cognitive mapping are useful means of breaking with the linearity of scribing what has been said or ‘bullet-pointing’ a discussion.
      • 2008, Ryan Scott, Ultimate Online 2, EA and Origin publicly unveiled UO2 in September 1999, bullet-pointing a sexy 3D engine, a fantasy-meets-steampunk setting, a reduced PVP focus, and dorktastic creature designs by Spawn creator Todd McFarlane.
      • 2016, Wynston Alexander Wilson, Antidotes for Adversity: 21 Effective Ways to Get Through Life’s Toughest Challenges, They glee in bullet-pointing a mere few how-to’s, delicately masking any and all complexities; carefully dismissing the difficulties involved.
      • 2015, John Forelli, One Woman Two Towers, Before my first elementary school dance, I vaguely remember my dad bullet pointing a list of body language a girl exhibits when she likes you.
      • 5 September 2021, CareerBuilder, Resume skills guaranteed to get you noticed, Bullet-point the skills you offer, making them easy for people to read.
      • 18 December 2021, Rachel Jones, Feature story: A ‘Home Town’ elf: Ben Napier crafts holiday spirit in the ‘Workshop’, The Canadian Broadcasting Company bullet-points the puzzling period, writing, “On Nov. 30, 2018, 30-year-old Cotten travelled to India to open an orphanage and celebrate his honeymoon. Nine days later, he was allegedly dead due to Crohn’s disease, and $215 million in cash and cryptocurrency were suddenly missing.”

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