tipping point

noun

: the critical point in a situation, process, or system beyond which a significant and often unstoppable effect or change takes place

Examples of tipping point in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Their bleaching discovery comes at a time when a new scientific report warns that the Earth has reached a critical climate tipping point – a stage where the impacts of climate change may become irreversible. —Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025

And this decision has the potential to be the tipping point where the court declares unconstitutional or heavily restricts the ability for Congress to create remedies that promote multiracial democracy. —NPR, 15 Oct. 2025

That pressure may trigger a tipping point with mass tree die-offs. —Alexandra A Phillips, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025

Advertisement 160 scientists in 23 countries compiled the latest data and literature on the topic, and found that, in the years since launching the report in 2023, reefs around the world have begun passing their thermal tipping point. —Simmone Shah, Time, 12 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tipping point

• counterpoint
• disappoint
• multipoint
• needlepoint
• reappoint
• adjoint
• anoint
• appoint
• checkpoint
• conjoint
• disjoint
• endpoint