How to Use tipping point in a Sentence

tipping point

noun
  • That was a tipping point for me.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2025
  • And then came the tipping point.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
  • What would be the tipping point?
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Let’s talk about the trans tipping point.
    — Grace Byron, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
  • Where will the tipping point be for Farke?
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But the Iran war may mark a tipping point.
    — Brooke Sutherland, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That, my friend, that was the first tipping point — put it that way.
    — Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Sroka said that the deficit might be a tipping point.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The ice sheets have not yet passed that runaway tipping point.
    — Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2021
  • For many women, this is the tipping point.
    — Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • For global banks, this marks a tipping point.
    — Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • But for some, the threats and backlash were the tipping point.
    — Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Are markets close to a tipping point?
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 20 May 2026
  • Boycotts could help reach this tipping point.
    — David Cortright, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
  • This is the tipping point for the people in Iran.
    — FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • But Monday night felt like a tipping point.
    — Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 20 May 2026
  • But Mehran is betting on a tipping point.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The tipping point arrives when things are too far out of balance.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2020
  • There must be thresholds and tipping points in a warming world.
    — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019
  • The finding has loomed large over the field of tipping point science.
    — Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The strife among teachers and staff members was a tipping point.
    — Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
  • That pressure may trigger a tipping point with mass tree die-offs.
    — Alexandra A Phillips, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Dell believes Kirk’s death could mark a tipping point.
    — Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
  • But regions will reach a tipping point, and some areas may be close to that.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • But her cousin reached her tipping point about halfway through the 6-week-long camp.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2022
  • Research on psychedelics and pain, today, is at a tipping point.
    — Oshan Jarow, Vox, 15 May 2024
  • But the world is now already two-thirds of the way to breaching the tipping point.
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021
  • These past several days have been the tipping point.
    — Jenna Thompson june 18, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
  • Now, at least one region’s rainforests have reached a tipping point.
    — Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But the transition comes at what may be a tipping point for the island.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2021

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