How to Use point person in a Sentence

point person

noun
  • The rest of the group can Venmo the point person for their share.
    Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Garvey is serving as the board’s point person with K-12 in the search.
    Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Vint was the point person on the network testing for Len.
    IEEE Spectrum, 20 June 2023
  • 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
  • So far, the wait times stretch about two weeks, said Marla Conrad, the point person for the migrants.
    Rafael Carranza, azcentral, 22 June 2018
  • Whitehouse has been the Democrats’ point person in the Senate for years on these ethics matters.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
  • Wilkes will be the point person for new business strategies.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • The other, David Kaye, is the U.N. point person on free expression.
    Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Malik, the states allege, was one of Mylan’s point persons in the price-fixing scheme.
    Michael Hiltzik, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Many small businesses don’t have an IT team or even an IT point person.
    Jeff Shiner, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Biden was Barack Obama’s point person in his push for gun control.
    John R. Lott Jr., National Review, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Yet, the point person overseeing that work has a second job.
    Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Biden's border point person can't be bothered to show up.
    Jack Durschlag, Fox News, 7 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • And Ivanov has become a point person for some of the Ukrainian refugees who fled the war with Russia and settled in Wisconsin.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
  • Martin was a key point person for the CNP in Trump’s reelection campaign.
    Anne Nelson, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Alexander became the Bureau’s point person on all things meat.
    Michael Waters, Smithsonian, 9 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Cobb has served as a key point person for Mueller's requests and worked closely with Trump's personal lawyers.
    Ken Thomas, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018
  • 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
  • Nau’s the one who volunteered to be the family’s point person for Forsythe’s grand birthday party on Feb. 29.
    Susan Young, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
  • In the Trump administration, that has made her the point person for the Trump campaign to dismantle the act, preferably behind the scenes.
    Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Noreen Brown, whose son, CJ, competes at 160 pounds for the Rangers, is the point person for concessions and parent volunteers.
    Brandon Chase, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Murphy, who ended up being the point person in the search for her mother, was living in Singapore and coaching basketball at the time.
    Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2024

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