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

With the advent of AI and amid corporate mergers and production woes, cinema is at a tipping point, but this assembly of panelists is optimistic. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026

Perhaps what amazed me the most was the breadth and the depth to which a general American public seemed to be at a tipping point around the exorbitant cost of health care and how cavernous the gap is between the one percent and the 99 percent. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Strategic execution, early partnerships and persistence are the key components to building the momentum needed to reach that tipping point toward widespread adoption. — Dennis Calvert, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

The most recent export figures released by the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry showed a tipping point. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tipping point

• counterpoint
• disappoint
• multipoint
• needlepoint
• reappoint
• adjoint
• anoint
• appoint
• checkpoint
• conjoint
• disjoint
• endpoint