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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If a tipping point does come, Maine law says that a candidate can withdraw their name from the nomination by the second Monday in July.
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Margie Cullen, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Americans may be reaching a tipping point with tipping screens.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
Last fall, scientists reported that warm-water coral reefs are passing their planetary tipping point, a threshold that, once crossed, leads to large, accelerating, and often irreversible changes.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 28 May 2026
When that tipping point is reached, even strong leaders begin operating in survival mode.
—Bronwen Sciortino, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
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Margie Cullen, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Americans may be reaching a tipping point with tipping screens.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
Last fall, scientists reported that warm-water coral reefs are passing their planetary tipping point, a threshold that, once crossed, leads to large, accelerating, and often irreversible changes.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 28 May 2026
When that tipping point is reached, even strong leaders begin operating in survival mode.
—Bronwen Sciortino, Forbes.com, 27 May 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 Jun. 2026.
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