Thesaurus results for BOILING POINT

boiling point

noun

Definition of boiling point

as in crisis

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action when the situation reached the boiling point, the President had no choice but to order out the National Guard

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Recent Examples of boiling point The entry documents the boiling point over divisions within the White House communications operation concerning the pandemic, and how desperately Fauci wanted to continue appearing in front of cameras. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026 Things reached a boiling point in 2008, when NATAS tried to launch its own Broadband Emmys, and the TV Academy balked. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 July 2026 The internecine feud reached a boiling point in Las Vegas at the UNLV Invitational in December 2024. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026 The boiling point During what’s supposed to be a weekend of feasting, Gigi is eaten up by guilt. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for boiling point

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Beijing has issued many measures over the past several years to stabilize the property market; however, there is no end to the crisis in sight.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
These capabilities are increasingly central to future crisis preparedness.

— Frances Townsend, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of crisis

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Keep in mind, there is a breaking point.

— Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Three of the Netherlands’ four goals came from this method, as Gakpo, Dumfries and Summerville stretched the Swedish defence to breaking point and opened up additional space in the middle.

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 20 June 2026

Definition of breaking point

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The head of Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre revealed earlier this year that three-quarters of cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure could be traced back to hostile state actors.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
The investigators had named a deputy head of the presidential office among the suspects in a money-laundering case.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

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Flock cameras have become the latest cultural flash point over the past several weeks as fears grow over their use to surveil the public.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 17 Aug. 2026
The Community impact Rainbow Park’s closure is in some ways a flash point in the story of a changing neighborhood molded by economic and social pressures.

— Austin Horn August 11, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026

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