as in crisis
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
tensions between the two nations had risen to the breaking point
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Recent Examples of breaking point
That new evidence was the breaking point for Disney, and one wonders if that’ll reverberate through the ailing Bachelor franchise, which was supposed to have a fresh new star in Paul from one of Disney’s more recently popular reality series.
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
Separate research has shown that half of workers are at breaking point right now.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
For English club teams and the national side, there is a sense that players are at breaking point.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
What was the breaking point in both of those relationships?
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
Separate research has shown that half of workers are at breaking point right now.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
For English club teams and the national side, there is a sense that players are at breaking point.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
What was the breaking point in both of those relationships?
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for breaking point
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaking point
Noun
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Starmer appears to have seen off any immediate leadership challenge for now, and will hope that today’s pomp, pageantry and policy agenda can shift attention away from the current crisis.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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Wednesday’s report came during one of the worst budget crises in the city of Sacramento since the Great Recession.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2026
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Moreover, as the tension between Penelope and Casey reaches a boiling point, Lori and Malcolm let the girls sort things out for themselves.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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The bad blood that had festered between the two competitors came to a boiling point.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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All of the suspects were dressed head-to-toe in black, with some wearing hoods and masks.—
Louis Casiano , Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
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Collins’s main competitors are Derek Dooley, the former head coach of the football programs at Louisiana Tech and the University of Tennessee, and Buddy Carter, another Georgia congressman.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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Despite the focus on the Middle East, the leaders took up major regional flash points, including the South China Sea territorial disputes involving Beijing, a five-year civil war in Myanmar and a recent border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia.—
Jim Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Sidewalks and paths were another flash point, with Council Member Chris Allgood pressing the developer to help fill gaps along Montana Avenue so students can safely walk between Gem State Adventist Academy and nearby public schools.—
Noah Daly
May 7,
Idaho Statesman,
7 May 2026
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“Breaking point.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaking%20point. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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