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
But that relationship quickly soured after Musk, President Trump’s point person on government efficiency, took a chainsaw to the federal workforce, and fired thousands of loyal, dedicated employees.
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2025
While also serving as director of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority, Colón will serve as the point person in charge of coordinating herculean efforts to improve and rebuild the power grid.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2025
While also serving as director of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority, Colón will serve as the point person in charge of coordinating herculean efforts to improve and rebuild the power grid.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for point person
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No cause of the blast has yet to be determined, said Keith Holloway, NTSB spokesman, but a government felt a full investigation was warranted.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2025
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The missing include: Two woman from Haiti, one Jamaican woman, a man from the Dominican Republic and a man from the Bahamas, said Nestor Yglesias, spokesman for Homeland Security Investigations, the agency investigating the smuggling operation.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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Ten ambulances and eight fire trucks responded to the scene and transported four patients in critical condition and six in serious condition to hospitals, a Fort Worth Fire Department spokesperson said.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Apr. 2025
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Health ministry spokesperson Anees al-Asbahi said 171 people were injured in the strikes on April 17, according to preliminary figures, with rescue teams continuing efforts to search for victims.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The 24-year-old could be the Bruins’ long-term point man on the No. 1 power-play unit.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 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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“Point person.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/point%20person. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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