: a ballet position in which the body is balanced on the extreme tip of the toe
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When Christian Louboutin released the Cassia pump—a stiletto outfitted with a squared toe box and ribbons that lace up like a ballerina’s pointe shoe—the shoes went instantly viral.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025
Anthers appear like a tired ballerina in pointe shoes.
—New York Times Games, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
In the second act, the stripper Tessie Tura (Lesli Margherita) takes great pride in dancing on pointe, for instance, and, of course, someday there will be Gypsy in her G-string, speaking French and citing Shaw.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
Simply put, this luxury Christmas gift idea is on pointe.
—Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025
Anthers appear like a tired ballerina in pointe shoes.
—New York Times Games, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
In the second act, the stripper Tessie Tura (Lesli Margherita) takes great pride in dancing on pointe, for instance, and, of course, someday there will be Gypsy in her G-string, speaking French and citing Shaw.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
Simply put, this luxury Christmas gift idea is on pointe.
—Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Pointe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pointe. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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