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

This … Full Story What Others are Reading Two key stories on The Hill right now: Trump’s fight with higher education reaches a tipping point with Harvard defiance Harvard University has chosen battle with the Trump administration. —Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025

According to multiple reports, Thiago Motta had lost large sections of the dressing room with the Coppa Italia exit to Empoli seen as the tipping point. —Adam Digby, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025

Iran has refused direct talks under pressure and vowed to defend itself if tensions with the U.S. reach a tipping point. —Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025

Musk's heavy involvement in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race appears to have been a tipping point. —David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 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