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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James Guillory / Imagn Images The Buffalo Sabres’ season has reached another tipping point.
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Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
In 2018, Ali Grace, founder and CEO of her namesake brand, was sitting in her dorm room at the University of Massachusetts Amherst when the frustration of finding jeans that fit finally hit a tipping point.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
Another technology is at its tipping point Asteroid mining today stands where many breakthrough technologies once did or still do.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Now, figures in both parties theorize that Tuesday might be a tipping point, and that lawmakers will be more willing to find an off-ramp after elections in Virginia, California, New York, New Jersey and elsewhere.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
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Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
In 2018, Ali Grace, founder and CEO of her namesake brand, was sitting in her dorm room at the University of Massachusetts Amherst when the frustration of finding jeans that fit finally hit a tipping point.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
Another technology is at its tipping point Asteroid mining today stands where many breakthrough technologies once did or still do.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Now, figures in both parties theorize that Tuesday might be a tipping point, and that lawmakers will be more willing to find an off-ramp after elections in Virginia, California, New York, New Jersey and elsewhere.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Tipping point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipping%20point. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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