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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Last fall, scientists reported that warm-water coral reefs are passing their planetary tipping point, a threshold that, once crossed, leads to large, accelerating, and often irreversible changes.
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Simmone Shah, Time, 28 May 2026
More than half are now actively scaling or deploying AI agents — a tipping point the report flags as significant.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The ongoing circus around the former Rebels head coach seemed to hit a tipping point for Ole Miss fans in recent weeks, thanks to an article written by Vanity Fair that quoted Kiffin tying in past racial issues to why some recruits did not want to live in Oxford.
—Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
Are markets close to a tipping point?
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 20 May 2026
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Simmone Shah, Time, 28 May 2026
More than half are now actively scaling or deploying AI agents — a tipping point the report flags as significant.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The ongoing circus around the former Rebels head coach seemed to hit a tipping point for Ole Miss fans in recent weeks, thanks to an article written by Vanity Fair that quoted Kiffin tying in past racial issues to why some recruits did not want to live in Oxford.
—Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
Are markets close to a tipping point?
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 20 May 2026
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“Tipping point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipping%20point. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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