saturation point
noun
: the point at which there are so many of a thing that no more can be added successfully
The number of game shows on TV may have reached the saturation point.
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After a decade of rapid growth, the segment has reached a saturation point.
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Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Elliott believes the idea has reached a saturation point.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
For a home, assuming two or three inhabitants all separately browsing or watching, somewhere between 100 Mb/s and 1 Gb/s marks the approximate saturation point beyond which further improvements become less and less noticeable, for most use cases.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
Like many, sports branding specialist and author Todd Radom thinks that traditional advertising reached its saturation point long ago.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
By contrast, the world’s demand for textiles in the 18th century was nowhere near a saturation point.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Chávez's main problem is that social spending may have reached a saturation point.
—Javier Corrales, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2012
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Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Elliott believes the idea has reached a saturation point.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
For a home, assuming two or three inhabitants all separately browsing or watching, somewhere between 100 Mb/s and 1 Gb/s marks the approximate saturation point beyond which further improvements become less and less noticeable, for most use cases.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
Like many, sports branding specialist and author Todd Radom thinks that traditional advertising reached its saturation point long ago.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
By contrast, the world’s demand for textiles in the 18th century was nowhere near a saturation point.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Chávez's main problem is that social spending may have reached a saturation point.
—Javier Corrales, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2012
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“Saturation point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saturation%20point. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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