critical mass
noun
: a size, number, or amount large enough to produce a particular result
the critical mass of activity needed for a retail store
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As Webb found, part of the challenge to achieving a communal vibe is getting a critical mass of people in the office at the same time.
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Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2024
Our democracy will be made stronger because a critical mass of Americans are likely to move to a place where their ballot box choices can influence the direction taken by our nation — which means moving to purple places, not deep red or blue ones.
—Heather Weston, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2024
But only in the eastern area called the Donbas, which includes the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, did the Kremlin find a critical mass of locals willing to support Russian rule, and even there Putin’s military was able to seize only about half the territory.
—Brian Milakovsky, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2022
The conversation is happening with a critical mass of people at the same time.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2024
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Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2024
Our democracy will be made stronger because a critical mass of Americans are likely to move to a place where their ballot box choices can influence the direction taken by our nation — which means moving to purple places, not deep red or blue ones.
—Heather Weston, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2024
But only in the eastern area called the Donbas, which includes the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, did the Kremlin find a critical mass of locals willing to support Russian rule, and even there Putin’s military was able to seize only about half the territory.
—Brian Milakovsky, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2022
The conversation is happening with a critical mass of people at the same time.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Critical mass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/critical%20mass. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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