point man

as in spokesman
a person who speaks for another or for a group the point man for the automaker announced a recall of several models with defective parts

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Recent Examples of point man Rodriguez was the point man for the deal with Apollo, and a source involved in discussions indicated that Rodriguez pushed for the agreement to come to a vote at the owners meeting on Friday. Paul Tenorio, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024 Last October, just after the war began, Netanyahu took on Feldstein as his point man for military correspondents. Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2024 Perhaps McAvoy is not a first-unit power-play point man. Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024 Wise man Rossetti was the point man in a meeting with top brass and the pro scouting department on Jan. 11, which came four days after the season ended, to break down potential free-agent targets. Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 2 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for point man 

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“Point man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/point%20man. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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