How to Use tipping point in a Sentence

tipping point

noun
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  • That, my friend, that was the first tipping point — put it that way.
    — Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2022
  • White said Courts' death should serve as the tipping point.
    — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2022
  • The survey found that 5.5% mortgage rates seem to be the tipping point.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Providers say the staffing crisis has hit a tipping point.
    — Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 9 May 2022
  • The three ended up as the tipping point in this series.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2022
  • The ice sheets have not yet passed that runaway tipping point.
    — Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Off the North Slope, this tipping point will be reached sooner.
    — Lois Parshley, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2022
  • Maybe halfway through the evening, the telecast was at a tipping point: The first 90 minutes of the show were a mixed bag.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2022
  • But when the tipping point arrived in early 1999, the Navy didn't know what hit it.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • But her cousin reached her tipping point about halfway through the 6-week-long camp.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2022
  • The crisis in Niger could reach a tipping point this weekend.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Brando notes that not all of the Amazon may reach that tipping point.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 7 Mar. 2022
  • But regions will reach a tipping point, and some areas may be close to that.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • That was the tipping point, Jones said, for the decision to move to remote learning through the end of this week.
    — al, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Trump’s effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election was a tipping point for many of them.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The timing couldn’t be better, as EVs seemed to have hit a tipping point over the last couple years.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2022
  • So the latest -- the latest research is that there's not a turning point or a tipping point or a knee in the curve.
    — ABC News, 23 June 2024
  • Lately, many on Wall Street say the balance of power—and risk—has hit a tipping point.
    — WSJ, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Research on psychedelics and pain, today, is at a tipping point.
    — Oshan Jarow, Vox, 15 May 2024
  • More than half a million people are homeless in the US and this year the crisis has reached a tipping point.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023
  • But the numbers have increased in recent years, and locals now say that the city is at a tipping point.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2023
  • What might be the tipping point in the spread of regional conflicts that could set off a global war?
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
  • With the Amazon nearing a tipping point, Lula has vowed to reverse the tide.
    — Diana Durán, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2022
  • In 1995, when Amala Dlamani was born, the internet was at a tipping point.
    — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • San Diego’s housing market hasn’t hit the tipping point yet.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
  • Some scientists aren’t sure that AMOC has a tipping point at all.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • But there comes a tipping point when doing too much too early can hurt you.
    — Avery Blank, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • College athletics is at a tipping point in a lot of ways.
    — oregonlive, 2 May 2022
  • There is a tipping point – that point when all the bad policies reach critical mass.
    — Scott Wilk, Orange County Register, 4 Feb. 2024
  • But yes, the tipping point is when with or without air conditioning, the human body can't survive in its conditions and the organs and the human body can only evolve so quickly.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 16 June 2024

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