bullet-point

plural bullet-points

1. alternativeAlternative form of bullet point.

   Just as helpful as Lichter’s bullet-points, were his demonstrations with the audience.

   2023 March 30, Will Bontrager, “Understanding Autism — SECAC hosts Neal Lichter Pathfinders for Autism”, in Kent County News, volume 78, number 13, Chestertown, Md., page 13, columns 1–2

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   Though reducing the stories to bullet-points of plot creates an impression that MacDonald is deeply sombre and perhaps a touch death-obsessed, her stories are meditative about the enormous complexity — and importance — of close relationships.

   2020 November 22, Brett Josef Grubisic, “Debut offers hopeful glimmers amid gloom”, in The Province, Vancouver, B.C., section B, page 9, column 3

   Aside from the seeming weirdness of it all, here are some quick bullet-points about the sale: ∎ Herschend has no plans to bring back whales.

   2021 April 17, Daphne Bramham, “It’s an odd partnership, but family from the Ozarks saved our aquarium”, in Vancouver Sun, page A3, column 3

present singular third person bullet-points · participle present bullet-pointing · participle past bullet-pointed · past bullet-pointed

1. transitiveTo describe in a set of bullet points.

   Bullet-point the skills you offer, making them easy for people to read.

   2021 September 5, CareerBuilder, “Resume skills guaranteed to get you noticed”, in The Modesto Bee, volume 144, number 248, section “The best way to present your skills on your resume”, page 5C, columns 5–6

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   Concept mapping, mind mapping and cognitive mapping are useful means of breaking with the linearity of scribing what has been said or ‘bullet-pointing’ a discussion.

   2000, Ann Taket, Leroy White, Partnership and Participation: Decision-making in the Multiagency Setting, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, →ISBN, page 131

   EA and Origin publicly unveiled UO2 in September 1999, bullet-pointing a sexy 3D engine, a fantasy-meets-steampunk setting, a reduced PVP focus, and dorktastic creature designs by Spawn creator Todd McFarlane.

   2008 February, Ryan Scott, “Ultimate Online 2”, in Games for Windows: The Official Magazine, number 15, page 35

   They glee in bullet-pointing a mere few how-to’s, delicately masking any and all complexities; carefully dismissing the difficulties involved.

   2016, Wynston Alexander Wilson, Antidotes for Adversity: 21 Effective Ways to Get Through Life’s Toughest Challenges, Createspace, →ISBN, pages 48–49

   Before my first elementary school dance, I vaguely remember my dad bullet pointing a list of body language a girl exhibits when she likes you.

   2015, John Forelli, One Woman Two Towers, →ISBN, page 48

   The Canadian Broadcasting Company bullet-points the puzzling period, writing, “On Nov. 30, 2018, 30-year-old Cotten travelled to India to open an orphanage and celebrate his honeymoon. Nine days later, he was allegedly dead due to Crohn’s disease, and $215 million in cash and cryptocurrency were suddenly missing.”

   2021 December 18, Rachel Jones, “Feature story: A ‘Home Town’ elf: Ben Napier crafts holiday spirit in the ‘Workshop’”, in Richmond Times-Dispatch, 171st year, number 352, page G39, column 4