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

In many of those deals, a jump in the price of jet fuel proved the tipping point, forcing weaker carriers into the arms of stronger rivals, including America West’s takeover of US Airways (2005), Delta’s acquisition of Northwest (2008), and Southwest’s purchase of AirTran (2011). —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026

Sroka said that the deficit might be a tipping point. —Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2026

The potentially sport-shifting news comes after many months of speculation that operationally – both front-facing and behind the scenes – things had reached a tipping point in terms of spending, big-name players leaving the circuit and overall interest in LIV Golf hitting a standstill. —Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026

And yet the show, during the airing of its third season, was only getting more popular, at the tipping point of being something resembling a mainstream hit. —Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 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