How to Use point spread in a Sentence

point spread

noun
  • Still, point spread feels fat even for what seems a mismatch.
    — Greg Cote october 9, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The life of a point spread starts long before the week of the game.
    — Adam Burke Vsin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Any kid who picked five games correctly—with the point spread—won.
    — Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
  • Two of the most common are betting the point spread and the game total.
    — cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The point spread for the Louisville game will be in that neighborhood.
    — Jake Lourim, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2018
  • The point spread is the number of points one team is favored over the other.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The site predicts that the Cougars will win the game and cover the point spread.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The site predicts that the Suns will win and cover the point spread in the game.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2022
  • That low point total makes the 10-point spread even more jarring.
    — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Cheating in sports is much older than the prop bet, and even older than the point spread.
    — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The money line is a wager on who will win the game regardless of the point spread.
    — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That would be the biggest point spread for any game this season for UO.
    — oregonlive, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The site predicts that Denver will win the game and cover the point spread.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
  • The scores, the stats of the game, the point spread, MVP, anything.
    — David J. Kim, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Because public perception drives point spreads and old habits die hard.
    — Greg Cote january 8, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The Chargers are a league-best 12-4-1 against the point spread.
    — Jack Magruder, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Up here a 13 1/2-point spread almost always feels too big.
    — Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The point spread has not yet been set for the Cowboys' home game against the Steelers.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2020
  • With every 5,000 bets, the point spread will move one point for the Rams.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The site predicts that the Suns will win, cover the point spread and that the total will go over.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2021
  • That’s the largest point spread in favor of Ole Miss in the series in more than two decades.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 9 Oct. 2022
  • But most bets on the outcome of games involve a point spread, some number of points the favorite needs to win by.
    — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Surprisingly or not there are no games in week one with a double-digit point spread.
    — Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Here are the latest lines and point spread for Super Bowl 58.
    — Jack McKessy, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Which is why the Saints were favored to win by 10 points—the biggest point spread of the day.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2018
  • In terms of point spreads available since 1995, last year's stunner was the largest by far.
    — CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Who is favored to win the Bengals-Titans game, what's the point spread?
    — Joe Harrington, The Enquirer, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Here’s a look at the early point spreads for each Green Bay game in 2026.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • Betting on the point spread creates a kind of parallel, phantom game that changes the plot points of the drama.
    — Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The point spread is a mere two points, while the Heat are a -130 moneyline favorite.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 17 May 2022

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