How to Use turning point in a Sentence

turning point

noun
  • Winning that game was the turning point of the team's season.
  • That job was a major turning point in her career.
  • Retail is now at the same kind of turning point.
    — Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • There were a number of turning points that went against the Chiefs.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Those relationships, even small ones, can be turning points.
    — Laura Rivera, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
  • And which team has marked turning points in their learning curve in European finals?
    — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Its rise can be traced through a series of turning points beginning in the 1930s.
    — J.c. Reid, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2026
  • These are the kinds of turning points that make flexibility essential.
    — Hillary Stalker, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
  • During this time, our ideas serve as catalysts while conversations become turning points.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • This timeline tracks for me; my turning point incident occurred just six days after my egg retrieval, before my body fully recovered.
    — Anonymous, SELF, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Almost half of those turning points are driven by external shocks rather than internal execution failures.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The podcast's premise, built around the mentors and turning points that shape people's lives, gives Begnaud room to go somewhere most celebrity interviews don't.
    — H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Recorded interviews capture decisions, values, conflicts, and turning points that rarely appear in formal records.
    — Paula De La Cruz, Forbes.com, 31 Dec. 2025
  • For instance, there could be a sudden revelation, turning point or ending in regards to a romantic relationship.
    — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Buffett’s turning point began with the acquisition of a failing textile mill called Berkshire Hathaway.
    — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
  • But Georgia’s history is littered with moments that felt like turning points and ended in Republican triumph.
    — Eric Mandel, AJC.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Inspired by the familiar red, yellow and green signals that guide drivers on the road, this framework can help couples navigate the daily choices and turning points that shape their relationship.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This is a strong example of how compact street design and high walker and biking activity can concentrate crash risk, especially at intersections and turning points.
    — Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The Eras Tour Brain scans of thousands of people revealed that the human brain has five distinct eras, with turning points in the way it is organized occurring at age nine, 32, 66 and 83.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The bank maintained its base case that DRAM pricing will peak around mid-2027, with equity markets likely to discount that turning point roughly a year earlier — meaning in a few months.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
  • However, Nike quickly snuffed out optimism of turning point, forecasting China revenue to be down about 20% in its current quarter, which will be reported after the bell on June 30 .
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 10 June 2026
  • Economically and socially, conversations around value, resources, sustainability, and wealth distribution may reach turning points.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
  • There are turning points in just about every campaign like this and Ireland’s came in September with their humbling 2-1 defeat by 10-man Armenia, ranked 105th in the world, 45 places below them.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • However, the full moon in Leo on February 1 is pointing to turning points in your career or status this month, and the eclipse in Aquarius on February 17 strongly suggests that this new beginning will involve changes to your domestic life, living situation, and family.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic The turning point of the recent increase in America's depression rates occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, according to Gallup's data.
    — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025

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