as in crisis
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
tensions between the two nations had risen to the breaking point
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Recent Examples of breaking point
Now, more cuts threaten to push the university, and the town that depends on it, to a breaking point.
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Molly Parker, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2025
In the first few episodes, fans are introduced to four couples — Brion and Shante, Ashley and Grant, Tayler and Tyler, and Alexa and Lino — all of whom are at a breaking point in their relationship.
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
Their relationship came to a breaking point when another student witnessed them kissing in January 2017.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Others use it as a breaking point for transformation.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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Molly Parker, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2025
In the first few episodes, fans are introduced to four couples — Brion and Shante, Ashley and Grant, Tayler and Tyler, and Alexa and Lino — all of whom are at a breaking point in their relationship.
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
Their relationship came to a breaking point when another student witnessed them kissing in January 2017.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Others use it as a breaking point for transformation.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for breaking point
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaking point
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That’s a stark contrast to Ange Postecoglou’s high-intensity pressing style at Tottenham Hotspur, which is often cited as one of the reasons behind Spurs’ injury crisis and subsequent poor form this season.—
Steve Price,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Their routines, quiet and mundane, signal a growing — and largely invisible — crisis that threatens New York City’s future.—
Jonah Markowitz,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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On the March 31st episode of Raw, the animosity between Cena and Rhodes reached a boiling point during a fiery promo battle.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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April 4, 2025 12:43 PM PT In the early 1980s, at the peak of the punk rock scene in Fullerton, the interest and demand for punk in Orange County reached a boiling point during one particular TSOL show at Fullerton College.—
Stephanie Mendez,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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There's always one shot that leaves a golfer shaking his or her head.—
Mike Hutton,
Post-Tribune,
19 July 2017
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Delimitros said one of the truck’s side view mirrors struck her in the head, causing minor injuries.—
David Hernandez,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
19 July 2017
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As Trump, in collaboration with Elon Musk, has embarked on efforts to decimate the federal government, public political gatherings—in particular, appearances by Republicans in their home districts—have become flash points for an angry citizenry.—
Emily Witt,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2025
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Maritime flash points Besides Taiwan, the U.S. and China remain fundamentally at odds over the South China Sea, which Beijing claims almost entirely as its own despite an opposing 2016 international court ruling.—
Brad Dress,
The Hill,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Breaking point.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaking%20point. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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