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 San Diego’s housing market hasn’t hit the tipping point yet. —

Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024 The actress was at a tipping point in her career, shifting from easily relatable protagonists to more complicated characters who didn’t require our affection or our pity. —

Chris Bellamy and Stephanie Kaloi, EW.com, 2 May 2024 The battleground state has a history of being the electoral tipping point in presidential elections, sending Trump over to victory, gaining the 270 votes needed with its 10 votes, and doing the same for Biden in 2020. —

Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024 There are so many moments in sports history, not so dissimilar to this one, that should have been the tipping point. —

Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2024 The visits underscore the political importance of Wisconsin, a critical swing state that could prove the tipping point in determining who wins the White House in November. —

Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 29 Feb. 2024 Trump’s effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election was a tipping point for many of them. —

USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024 At this tipping point, middle and senior management roles (e.g., senior analysts, senior devs and architects) will become increasingly valuable. —

John Hergert, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 For many of them, the pandemic was a tipping point. —

Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024

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