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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Our country, the historical beacon of freedom and democracy, is past a tipping point which, if not corrected now, may never be.
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Larry Pino, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
This latest tipping point comes less than two months before WGA West and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are set to resume negotiations on March 16.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
This is a crisis that has reached a tipping point in the United States and beyond.
—Bernard Cherkasov, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
Fleming’s data, shared exclusively with Forbes, suggests tourism is at a tipping point.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
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Larry Pino, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
This latest tipping point comes less than two months before WGA West and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are set to resume negotiations on March 16.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
This is a crisis that has reached a tipping point in the United States and beyond.
—Bernard Cherkasov, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
Fleming’s data, shared exclusively with Forbes, suggests tourism is at a tipping point.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
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“Tipping point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipping%20point. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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