tipping point
noun
: the critical point in a situation, process, or system beyond which a significant and often unstoppable effect or change takes place
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That’s why no one can pin down when exactly the tipping point will come, Gates added.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2025
This month, the hunger that has been building among Gaza’s more than 2 million Palestinians passed a tipping point into accelerating death, aid workers and health staff say.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
The research, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, showed that the tipping point can occur one to two years before a breakup.
—Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
There will be a tipping point in the future when companies will be more uniformly transparent, but by that time, AI's role in the labor market will be obvious.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 20 July 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2025
This month, the hunger that has been building among Gaza’s more than 2 million Palestinians passed a tipping point into accelerating death, aid workers and health staff say.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
The research, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, showed that the tipping point can occur one to two years before a breakup.
—Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
There will be a tipping point in the future when companies will be more uniformly transparent, but by that time, AI's role in the labor market will be obvious.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 20 July 2025
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“Tipping point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipping%20point. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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