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

Within minutes, and using only a handful of words, Hammer and his actors paint a discomforting portrait of complicated lives in motion, introducing us to a story at its tipping point. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026

The United States is rapidly accelerating toward a definitive tipping point in its financial history, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) wrote in response to the latest 10-year outlook from the Congressional Budget Office. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026

Questions linger about financial future Whitmire and his team are reaching a tipping point in addressing the city’s long-struggling finances. —Abby Church, Houston Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2026

The transportation landscape in the United States is at a tipping point. —Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026

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