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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Reggio is the tipping point between Calabria's two coastlines.
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Lee Marshall, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 May 2026
Wu Tsai helped catalyze this tipping point, personally investing tons of money into a team whose toniest perk used to be an MTA pass for free subway rides.
—Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
And then came the tipping point.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
Outrage from activists, including notable figures from within the MAHA space, seemed to ultimately serve as a tipping point for the provision's removal both in January and April.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
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Lee Marshall, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 May 2026
Wu Tsai helped catalyze this tipping point, personally investing tons of money into a team whose toniest perk used to be an MTA pass for free subway rides.
—Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
And then came the tipping point.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
Outrage from activists, including notable figures from within the MAHA space, seemed to ultimately serve as a tipping point for the provision's removal both in January and April.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for tipping point
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“Tipping point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipping%20point. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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