How to Use point person in a Sentence

point person

noun
  • Just make sure to check in with your point person, too—maybe buy them a drink one night.
    — Annabelle Canela, Parents, 14 Aug. 2025
  • That would be the point person or the person who is in charge of the fire that day.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The rest of the group can Venmo the point person for their share.
    — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • There will be a countywide call plan and that person will be the point person.
    — Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Jill would now be the point person for the partners’ investment.
    — Jake Fischer and Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 23 May 2018
  • Biden was Barack Obama’s point person in his push for gun control.
    — John R. Lott Jr., National Review, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Yet there’s no specific plan for nightlife — nor a point person to serve as its advocate.
    — Emma Silvers, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 July 2022
  • Garvey is serving as the board’s point person with K-12 in the search.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Alexander became the Bureau’s point person on all things meat.
    — Michael Waters, Smithsonian, 9 Aug. 2019
  • After that, the client comes back to the art advisor, who becomes their point person of contact.
    — Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Malik, the states allege, was one of Mylan’s point persons in the price-fixing scheme.
    — Michael Hiltzik, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Whitehouse has been the Democrats’ point person in the Senate for years on these ethics matters.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
  • Who is the point person for emergency situations on the field?
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, courier-journal.com, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Again, assign a point person for all communications so the left hand knows what the right hand is doing.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
  • So far, the wait times stretch about two weeks, said Marla Conrad, the point person for the migrants.
    — Rafael Carranza, azcentral, 22 June 2018
  • Many small businesses don’t have an IT team or even an IT point person.
    — Jeff Shiner, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Adding to Beijing’s anxiety is the lack of a point person in the White House to work with.
    — Lingling Wei, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Bossert was a point person in the White House on protecting the nation from terror and cyber threats.
    — Fox News, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Years ago, as the point person in Michigan’s ground attack, Wheatley usually found a way to make the right moves.
    — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Bossert was a point person in the White House on protecting the nation from terrorism and cyber threats.
    — Noah Bierman, latimes.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Blinken appointed his adviser and close friend Jamie Rubin as the point person for the day-after plan.
    — Barak Ravid, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
  • In recent weeks, the company had made clear that Skipper was going to be the point person in an attempt to change the narrative.
    — Richard Deitsch, SI.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • But text messages between Manley and the city’s point person suggest Brea may not have pushed very hard for a more favorable split.
    — Victoria Le, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Charles Penner, the firm’s point person on the campaign, was a partner at activist hedge fund Jana Partners.
    — Antoine Gara, Forbes, 22 June 2021
  • Reproductive rights has proved a winning issue for Democrats in the past two years, with Harris the point person for the party.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The task force met at least once a week and reported developments to Mailman, the White House point person.
    — Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Her point person was Osborn, a former FBI agent, but the two were increasingly at odds.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Shawn Newell, the emcee for Thursday’s event and the congregation’s point person on renaming the street, couldn’t help but laugh.
    — Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The league’s project manager, Sylvia Lomblot, works with clients daily at the Abraxas location and is the point person for the coaches.
    — Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Upon Malcolm's death in 2014, his six children became the owners, with Byran as the point person.
    — Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 7 Sep. 2023

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