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 disagreement reached a tipping point last weekend when Dublin and Kilkenny players were required to change out of shorts into skorts to play in a semifinal game.
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Ken Maguire, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
The supply chain’s tipping point — where holiday success is either locked in or left to chance — is June.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 6 May 2025
The 2012-13 season serves as a tipping point for that.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The implementation of these trade policies could serve as a similar tipping point for his second term.
—Eleanor Hawkins, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
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Ken Maguire, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
The supply chain’s tipping point — where holiday success is either locked in or left to chance — is June.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 6 May 2025
The 2012-13 season serves as a tipping point for that.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The implementation of these trade policies could serve as a similar tipping point for his second term.
—Eleanor Hawkins, Axios, 3 Apr. 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 23 May. 2025.
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