For nonlinear time-delay systems with globally Lipschitz vector fields, we propose a relaxed sufficient condition for global exponential stability (GES), in which the dissipation rate of the Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional is not needed to involve the functional itself, but merely the point-wise current value of the solution. Our proof technique consists in explicitly constructing a Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional that satisfies existing criteria for GES. Consequences for robustness to exogenous inputs are briefly evoked and an example taken from neuroscience literature illustrates the applicability of the result.