bullet point

plural bullet points · alternative bullet-point · alternative bulletpoint

1. The symbol, typically a solid circle, that marks each item in a bulleted list.

   She had a list in front of her, written out in the neatest handwriting I had ever seen[…]Each item was prefaced by a perfectly round bullet point.

   2021, Zoe Cannon, chapter 30, in Hound of Hades Books 1-4: An Urban Fantasy Thriller Box Set

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   Bullet points don't have to be just round dots—you can use any small symbol to start off your line. Hyphens are popular, as are check marks and arrows.

   1996, Marcia Layton, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Terrific Business Writing, page 110

2. An item in a bulleted list.

   Bullet points should be short phrases that are parallel.

   2007, Mary Ellen Guffey, Patricia Rogin, Kathleen Rhodes, Business Communication: Process and Product, page 374

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   As she speaks, a network-designed PowerPoint is projected on a screen[…]The first bullet point says, “We love and support your kids like they are our own!” The next says, “Our school design is everything—it's all or nothing. Nothing is optional!”

   2019, Robert Pondiscio, How The Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School Choice, page 262

   Synonyms: bullet, dot point

3. usuallyA succinct statement of the kind that might appear in a bulleted list.

   Panic is immune to debate, to analysis, to earnest and cognitively therapeutic bullet points.

   2009, Michael Marshall, Bad Things, →ISBN, page 29

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   Go through your employment history and pull out all the bullet points that demonstrate the five skills you have prioritized.

   2011, Julie Gray, Write an Irresistible CV, →ISBN