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crunch time

noun

Definition of crunch time

as in crisis

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action with only three minutes left in the game, it was definitely crunch time

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Recent Examples of crunch time Brunson remains the go-to scorer and respected leader whose unflappability in crunch time, even during his down games, is the ultimate separator. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026 Knicks star veteran guard Jalen Brunson often prevailed in crunch time, while Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox often missed key shots and made costly mistakes. — Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026 In their four postseasons with Brunson, the Knicks are 18-10 in games that have gone to crunch time. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 3 June 2026 When the Indiana Fever fell to the Golden State Valkyries on Thursday night, Clark had two awful turnovers in crunch time, and led her team in that category with five, while simultaneously leading the team in scoring. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for crunch time

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But traffic is still far below the more than 700 transits seen in a typical week before the crisis, Lloyd’s List said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
The seven-year conflict helped create one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

— Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of crisis

Noun

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

Noun

Kimmie, played by Taylor Polidore Williams, finally levels the playing field with the Bellaire family just as tensions rise to another boiling point.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
Temperatures don’t need to hit boiling point for productivity losses to start showing.

— Oliver Balch, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Definition of boiling point

Noun

Kashmir remains one of the world’s most contentious geopolitical flash points.

— Peter Dziedzic, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
The legendary talk show vet takes EW inside the pop cultural flash point that was his and wife Connie Chung’s attempts in the early 1990s to have a child.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026

Definition of flash point

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