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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Social media is facing a similar tipping point.
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Parmy Olson, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
Social media is facing a similar tipping point.
—Parmy Olson, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
But the real tipping point appears to be Iran.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
The wins, however, don't cancel out the realities that the planet continues to be on a tipping point.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Parmy Olson, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
Social media is facing a similar tipping point.
—Parmy Olson, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
But the real tipping point appears to be Iran.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
The wins, however, don't cancel out the realities that the planet continues to be on a tipping point.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 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 29 Apr. 2026.
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