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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The emotions and intensity between the Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins had already hit a tipping point Wednesday before the grand finale began.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
Nick Villa, a Moody’s economist, described that as a tipping point for consumers.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 8 May 2024
But Steve Daines won’t predict a ‘red wave.’ Ms. Ugochukwu’s tipping point came when Arinze was 4 years old and fractured his hip.
—Kate Okorie, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 May 2024
Economists argue over where the tipping point hits when the level of debt as a proportion of the overall economy is no longer sustainable.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 May 2024
San Diego’s housing market hasn’t hit the tipping point yet.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
The actress was at a tipping point in her career, shifting from easily relatable protagonists to more complicated characters who didn’t require our affection or our pity.
—Chris Bellamy and Stephanie Kaloi, EW.com, 2 May 2024
The battleground state has a history of being the electoral tipping point in presidential elections, sending Trump over to victory, gaining the 270 votes needed with its 10 votes, and doing the same for Biden in 2020.
—Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
There are so many moments in sports history, not so dissimilar to this one, that should have been the tipping point.
—Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2024
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
Nick Villa, a Moody’s economist, described that as a tipping point for consumers.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 8 May 2024
But Steve Daines won’t predict a ‘red wave.’ Ms. Ugochukwu’s tipping point came when Arinze was 4 years old and fractured his hip.
—Kate Okorie, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 May 2024
Economists argue over where the tipping point hits when the level of debt as a proportion of the overall economy is no longer sustainable.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 May 2024
San Diego’s housing market hasn’t hit the tipping point yet.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
The actress was at a tipping point in her career, shifting from easily relatable protagonists to more complicated characters who didn’t require our affection or our pity.
—Chris Bellamy and Stephanie Kaloi, EW.com, 2 May 2024
The battleground state has a history of being the electoral tipping point in presidential elections, sending Trump over to victory, gaining the 270 votes needed with its 10 votes, and doing the same for Biden in 2020.
—Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
There are so many moments in sports history, not so dissimilar to this one, that should have been the tipping point.
—Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Tipping point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipping%20point. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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