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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There will likely be a tipping point where the historic matchgoing fan is either priced out or just revolted out of wanting to attend.
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Matt Slater, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
That suggests 2014 may have been a tipping point beyond which returning to normal wet-dry cycles may be impossible on human timescales.
—Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
But the message among faculty is clear: The university is at a tipping point for research.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Doctors, aid groups and Palestinians say the long-running hunger crisis has reached a tipping point, with deaths from malnutrition surging.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC news, 25 July 2025
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Matt Slater, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
That suggests 2014 may have been a tipping point beyond which returning to normal wet-dry cycles may be impossible on human timescales.
—Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
But the message among faculty is clear: The university is at a tipping point for research.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Doctors, aid groups and Palestinians say the long-running hunger crisis has reached a tipping point, with deaths from malnutrition surging.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC news, 25 July 2025
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 20 Aug. 2025.
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