point of view
noun phrase
: a position or perspective from which something is considered or evaluated : standpoint
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Propelled by thumping electronica, his tennis scenes mix brutality and grace, with stylish super-duper close-ups and even showing the ball’s point of view in one dizzying sequence.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
From its unique, disorienting point of view, the program revised our thinking about the universe, philosophically and scientifically.
—Rebecca Boyle, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
Platt’s comments did not land well in the second floor courthouse suite of offices where Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. and his staff managed — or mismanaged, depending on your point of view — lease negotiations with the teams ahead of this month’s vote.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024
And that’s what Viet Thanh Nguyen advocated for, to have the series, like his book, present a Vietnamese point of view on the war.
—Quyen Do, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
What this point of view misunderstands is that these approximately 70 years have altered the planet fundamentally and set it on a new trajectory.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2024
That episode is told entirely from Buck’s point of view.
—Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
The war theoretically spanned 1955-1975, but only from an American point of view.
—Nick Hilden, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
That’s for me a very interesting question from a journalistic and investigative point of view.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
From its unique, disorienting point of view, the program revised our thinking about the universe, philosophically and scientifically.
—Rebecca Boyle, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
Platt’s comments did not land well in the second floor courthouse suite of offices where Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. and his staff managed — or mismanaged, depending on your point of view — lease negotiations with the teams ahead of this month’s vote.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024
And that’s what Viet Thanh Nguyen advocated for, to have the series, like his book, present a Vietnamese point of view on the war.
—Quyen Do, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
What this point of view misunderstands is that these approximately 70 years have altered the planet fundamentally and set it on a new trajectory.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2024
That episode is told entirely from Buck’s point of view.
—Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
The war theoretically spanned 1955-1975, but only from an American point of view.
—Nick Hilden, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
That’s for me a very interesting question from a journalistic and investigative point of view.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Point of view.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point%20of%20view. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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