point person
noun
plural point people or point persons
: a person (such as a principal spokesperson or advocate) who is in the forefront : point man sense 2
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Examples of point person in a Sentence
she's become known as the point person for the state department's Middle East policy
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The following day, Saa said, advocates put her in touch with a point person at Florida’s Medicaid agency who restored her benefits.
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Daniel Chang, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
And Ivanov has become a point person for some of the Ukrainian refugees who fled the war with Russia and settled in Wisconsin.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
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Daniel Chang, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
And Ivanov has become a point person for some of the Ukrainian refugees who fled the war with Russia and settled in Wisconsin.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
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“Point person.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point%20person. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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