How to Use break even in a Sentence

break even

1 of 2 phrase

• The Tigers won their last two games behind Johnson to break even.
  — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• The higher the budget, the more moviegoers are needed for the picture to break even.
  — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• The most popular trade by volume was the 3-strike call with the same expiry, which needs a 34% rally to break even.
  — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 20 July 2026
• If these movies cost $100,000 to produce, that would be pretty close to break even on the first, and profitable on the second.
  — Daren Smith, IndieWire, 8 July 2026
• The most popular was the 450-strike call expiring July 17, a 15-cent trade contract that needs a 180% rally by the end of next week to break even.
  — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 6 July 2026
• Feng estimates that a carmaker in China needs to achieve annual sales of 500,000 units to break even, 1million units for sustainable profits, and 2 million achieve full economies of scale.
  — Matthew Tan,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 20 July 2026

break-even

2 of 2 adjective

• That puts it within a hair of break-even already.
  — Harry Booth, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
• Understand your costs and your break-even point.
  — Marisa Flores, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
• Labor merely wants a close to break-even contract.
  — John Dias, CBS News, 9 May 2026
• That’s why housing market pros use a break-even hurdle of five to seven years.
  — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Apr. 2026
• And reaching break-even energy is just the first step, Whyte adds.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
• Last month, Musk announced that Starlink had achieved break-even cash flow.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2023
• For states with higher break-even prices and few non-oil revenues, the group is essential.
  — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
• Smaller producers come in with a break-even of $66.
  — Matt Randolph, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
• The problem is, not one of Montreal’s pairs is above break-even through two rounds.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 20 May 2026
• There is no flying under the radar for the program that had been treading water with break-even records for too long.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2024
• In 2025, Showcase was cash flow break-even from its theaters.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 June 2026
• The stakes for marketers have grown along with the budget — and the break-even targets — for studio tentpoles.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
• Raymond, at 51 percent, was the only forward above break-even.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
• The financial break-even point is reached only when the artificial tree is reused for at least five years.
  — Ali Besharat, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025
• The financial break-even point is reached only when the artificial tree is reused for at least five years.
  — Ali Besharat, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
• The economics are more favorable there because of the lower break-even point of drilling costs.
  — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 9 Feb. 2025
• When the Investment Pays Off The break-even case is heavy use.
  — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
• That gets you to the 50K to 75K break-even monthly job number.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
• Farm Zero is close to approaching its break-even point on the first farm, Steinberg said.
  — Jerry Wu, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
• The dev said the break-even point is about 580 calls/day on the Platinum plan, for example.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2024
• With many rural customers, DISH’s break-even could go from three years to even five.
  — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• The break-even number is the monthly jobs growth figure needed to keep the unemployment rate steady.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
• The break-even period on hot spots, previously measured in weeks, is now measured in years.
  — Jacob Russell, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2023
• The Golden Knights are only hovering around break-even in xG through three rounds.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 31 May 2026
• The thought behind the market also is to not necessarily clear a profit but to break-even.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2024
• The workshop runs on a break-even model, covering only salaries and essentials.
  — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2025
• In some cases, a new hire doesn’t reach the productivity break-even point until the 12-week mark.
  — Jeff Stevenson, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
• Even if tax credits brought that down, a reasonable break-even point would be around $500 million worldwide.
  — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
• Shares rose 3% in early after-market trading before leveling off to the break-even point.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
• If homeowners don’t stay in the home long enough, the savings from a lower rate may never outweigh those upfront costs, known as the break-even point.
  — Mike Winters, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025