tipping point

noun

: the critical point in a situation, process, or system beyond which a significant and often unstoppable effect or change takes place

Examples of tipping point in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Was Oh’s bunch of bananas indeed a sign that a critical tipping point had finally been reached? —

Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2024 Waugh points out that the tipping point of just how much the truck can withstand comes towards the film’s final sequence. —

Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 20 July 2024 But when asked specifically about using AI, the answers indicated a key tipping point. —

Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 22 June 2024 The state, which Biden won by 2.8% in the last cycle, is considered by election experts to be a key tipping point, along with Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin and Nevada. —

Carmela Guaglianone, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for tipping point

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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 18 Aug. 2024.

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