to the point of
idiom
: to a particular state
The animals were hunted to the point of extinction.
He pushed her to the point of hysterics.
He's concerned about money to the point of obsession.
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Soon enough, the concept of stochastic noise, often simplified to the point of vanishing, achieved currency in a dizzying array of fields.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
This simplifies things to the point of turning them upside-down: Even writing in 1953, Buckley took pains to separate McCarthy’s demagogic approach from the broader issue of communist infiltration, and the subsequent opening of Soviet archives justified this attitude.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024
Rosenberg noted some of the incidents have been tied to fare disputes, as mass transit systems that used to be free before the pandemic now charge a ticket, angering some riders to the point of violence.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
The rise in extremist views has created a dangerous environment and radical intolerance (that) leads to a society that no longer celebrates differences, but to instead conspire to demonize those who are different to the point of creating the other.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
The league’s new collective bargaining agreement is exceptionally punitive (to the point of being vindictive) to teams who remain in the luxury tax.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
Replace Battery Another possible reason for a slow phone is a battery overused to the point of dysfunction.
—Dua Rashid / Gizmodo, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024
These gentle giants inhabit waters in the Pacific Ocean, while their numbers in the Atlantic Ocean gradually dwindled to the point of extirpation, or local extinction, centuries ago.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
PCs operating systems are another control point, as Apple learned when Microsoft famously out maneuvered them driving the company to the point of bankruptcy in the 1990s.
—Andrew Binns, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
This simplifies things to the point of turning them upside-down: Even writing in 1953, Buckley took pains to separate McCarthy’s demagogic approach from the broader issue of communist infiltration, and the subsequent opening of Soviet archives justified this attitude.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024
Rosenberg noted some of the incidents have been tied to fare disputes, as mass transit systems that used to be free before the pandemic now charge a ticket, angering some riders to the point of violence.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
The rise in extremist views has created a dangerous environment and radical intolerance (that) leads to a society that no longer celebrates differences, but to instead conspire to demonize those who are different to the point of creating the other.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
The league’s new collective bargaining agreement is exceptionally punitive (to the point of being vindictive) to teams who remain in the luxury tax.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
Replace Battery Another possible reason for a slow phone is a battery overused to the point of dysfunction.
—Dua Rashid / Gizmodo, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024
These gentle giants inhabit waters in the Pacific Ocean, while their numbers in the Atlantic Ocean gradually dwindled to the point of extirpation, or local extinction, centuries ago.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
PCs operating systems are another control point, as Apple learned when Microsoft famously out maneuvered them driving the company to the point of bankruptcy in the 1990s.
—Andrew Binns, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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