tipping point
noun
: the critical point in a situation, process, or system beyond which a significant and often unstoppable effect or change takes place
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Where will the tipping point be for Farke?
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Beren Cross, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The first half of 2025 brought a small but potentially significant tipping point in the global energy system, according to the independent clean energy research group Ember.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
The call appeared to be the tipping point for Aikman's frustration.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Like many people who fled to the United States from authoritarian regimes, Fernandez says the United States appears to be at a tipping point, with Trump centralizing power to silence dissent and punish people he's declared as enemies, while bullying private businesses to fall in line.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
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Beren Cross, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The first half of 2025 brought a small but potentially significant tipping point in the global energy system, according to the independent clean energy research group Ember.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
The call appeared to be the tipping point for Aikman's frustration.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Like many people who fled to the United States from authoritarian regimes, Fernandez says the United States appears to be at a tipping point, with Trump centralizing power to silence dissent and punish people he's declared as enemies, while bullying private businesses to fall in line.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Tipping point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipping%20point. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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