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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Every pitcher’s velocity has a tipping point where the fastball moves from helpful to harmful.
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Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Facebook, Instagram dump fact-checkers citing election as 'cultural tipping point'
The policy shift will make the platform more generally permissive toward user posts, especially on some controversial subjects such as immigration and gender, the company said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Rapid increase in new energy cars China’s push to develop its own electric cars hit a tipping point in July, with the share of new energy vehicles sold accounted for more than half all passenger cars sold that month, according to the passenger car association.
—Evelyn Cheng,sonia Heng, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
But the statistic of the year has to come from China, where EV sales have reached a tipping point as half of all new cars sold there can now be powered by batteries.
—Jeremy White, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2025
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Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Facebook, Instagram dump fact-checkers citing election as 'cultural tipping point'
The policy shift will make the platform more generally permissive toward user posts, especially on some controversial subjects such as immigration and gender, the company said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Rapid increase in new energy cars China’s push to develop its own electric cars hit a tipping point in July, with the share of new energy vehicles sold accounted for more than half all passenger cars sold that month, according to the passenger car association.
—Evelyn Cheng,sonia Heng, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
But the statistic of the year has to come from China, where EV sales have reached a tipping point as half of all new cars sold there can now be powered by batteries.
—Jeremy White, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Tipping point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipping%20point. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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