to the point of
idiom
: to a particular state
The animals were hunted to the point of extinction.
He pushed her to the point of hysterics.
He's concerned about money to the point of obsession.
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Harris is of a newer generation of pols, not someone who has been in the public eye in a serious way to the point of saturation or necessarily beholden to decades of promises.
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Like a plastic jack-o-lantern stuffed with a Costco-sized candy mix, tonight’s NCIS was full to the point of bursting with storylines.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
For decades now, the dust and din of blowing leaves has infuriated Americans, sometimes to the point of violence.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2024
Nearly all of Iced Earth’s members over the years declined to speak with Rolling Stone about Schaffer, but those who did described him as driven, possibly to the point of alienating his collaborators.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Like a plastic jack-o-lantern stuffed with a Costco-sized candy mix, tonight’s NCIS was full to the point of bursting with storylines.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
For decades now, the dust and din of blowing leaves has infuriated Americans, sometimes to the point of violence.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2024
Nearly all of Iced Earth’s members over the years declined to speak with Rolling Stone about Schaffer, but those who did described him as driven, possibly to the point of alienating his collaborators.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
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