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
Walters, the ad agency point person, comes from a football family: His father was a longtime NFL and college assistant, and his brother Troy followed his father’s career path.
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Seth Emerson, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, said Abbott is now well-positioned to be Trump's point person on border issues for the next four years.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Someone can be the point person for sibling communication.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025
Working as a collaboration, the three sisters have overlapping responsibilities, whereas their father ran the business as the main point person.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Seth Emerson, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, said Abbott is now well-positioned to be Trump's point person on border issues for the next four years.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Someone can be the point person for sibling communication.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025
Working as a collaboration, the three sisters have overlapping responsibilities, whereas their father ran the business as the main point person.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for point person
Noun
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Between September 5 and 8, five high-rise buildings were bombed, according to Mahmoud Basal, Gaza’s Civil Defense spokesman.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Independence police officers found a man dead from a gunshot wound after a home explosion in west Independence Thursday, a police department spokesman said.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Turning Point spokesperson Andrew Kolvet told Fortune that the fund exists to ensure the organization’s ability to operate for years to come.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
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Infantry, tanks, artillery advancing toward inner city Israeli army spokesperson Nadav Shoshani said Israeli forces had been operating in the periphery of Gaza City for several weeks but since the night of Monday to Tuesday large numbers of troops had begun moving towards the inner city.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
19 Sep. 2025
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Nevertheless, Tokyo’s point man scrapping the trip seems a bad omen.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Prosecutors allege Davis played point man in the murder that’s haunted hip-hop for decades.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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“Point person.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/point%20person. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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