as in spokesman
a person who speaks for another or for a group
she's become known as the point person for the state department's Middle East policy
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Recent Examples of point person
After that, the client comes back to the art advisor, who becomes their point person of contact.
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Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Huawei’s announcement coincided with a trip to China by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the point person for enforcing American restrictions on the trade in technology.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune Asia, 12 Dec. 2024
State of play: The DEA chief would be the Trump administration's point person for containing the fentanyl crisis, according to the administration.
—Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Black, who will take over effective July 22 for the departing Gardner Pate as the point person for the day-to-day operations of the governor's office, most recently was vice president for public affairs for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 1 July 2024
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Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Huawei’s announcement coincided with a trip to China by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the point person for enforcing American restrictions on the trade in technology.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune Asia, 12 Dec. 2024
State of play: The DEA chief would be the Trump administration's point person for containing the fentanyl crisis, according to the administration.
—Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Black, who will take over effective July 22 for the departing Gardner Pate as the point person for the day-to-day operations of the governor's office, most recently was vice president for public affairs for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 1 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for point person
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Estrella, who worked as a quality-control operator for pharmaceutical companies, went to Venezuela on Sept. 9 to visit friends, according to a family spokesman.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
1 Feb. 2025
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Israel has not confirmed that, but a military spokesman recently acknowledged serious concern about their fates.—
Mohammad Jahjouh,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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At press time a spokesperson for Swift had not returned a request for comment on the singer’s plans for Super Bowl Sunday.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
5 Feb. 2025
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Janet Ruiz, spokesperson for the Insurance Information Institute, which represents many major insurance companies, said California is fortunate to have the FAIR Plan, which is required to accept everyone.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2025
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Hunter Biden had been the point man in the decades-long Biden family business of selling access to his father and his political influence to agents of corrupt and anti-American foreign regimes, including the Chinese Communist Party.—
The Editors,
National Review,
21 Jan. 2025
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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump’s point men on government waste, are already stirring up commotion on Capitol Hill.—
Sharyl Attkisson,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Point person.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/point%20person. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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