Meaning & use
Bulleting
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Formatting text as a list of short points, each marked with a symbol such as a dot or dash.
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She spent an hour bulleting her notes so they would be easier to review before the exam.
The editor suggested bulleting the key findings instead of writing them as a paragraph.
A note on using this word
The word also appears in the older, literal sense of moving swiftly like a bullet, as in "the train came bulleting through the station."
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Moving very fast and directly, like a fired bullet.
The train came bulleting through the station without stopping.
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