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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With so many pollinating species facing an ecological tipping point, those non-profits and the others listed here need your donations to educate the public. Amy Chillag, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024 Eye On America More Amazon trucking contractors have higher rates of safety violations, CBS News finds Has tipping reached a tipping point? Jose Sanchez, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2024 Since then, Disney has taken steps to de-emphasize cable distribution, and the Burbank powerhouse is planning to launch ESPN directly to consumers next year — a move that many in the industry believe will mark the tipping point for the cable channel business. Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024 Or, if someone would just reopen the old warehouse at 627 Gutman — give it a new purpose, locate a business there — that might be the tipping point, the thing that sparks further investment in the block. Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tipping point 

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tipping point was in 1959

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“Tipping point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipping%20point. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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