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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The collapse of the AMOC has been deemed a climate tipping point after which there will be irreversible ecological damage.
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Devika Rao, TheWeek, 22 June 2026
Kiss the Ground’s continued storytelling is the knowledge gap that needs to shrink in order to work toward that tipping point.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
These past several days have been the tipping point.
—Jenna Thompson
june 18, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
Let’s talk about the trans tipping point.
—Grace Byron, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
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Devika Rao, TheWeek, 22 June 2026
Kiss the Ground’s continued storytelling is the knowledge gap that needs to shrink in order to work toward that tipping point.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
These past several days have been the tipping point.
—Jenna Thompson
june 18, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
Let’s talk about the trans tipping point.
—Grace Byron, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
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“Tipping point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipping%20point. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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