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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Then came a tipping point when quick profits could be made from flipping bottles in weeks or months. —

Mark Littler, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 But the coming year will mark a tipping point where AI moves from being a tool for individual productivity to a core component of organizational design and strategy. —

Ethan Mollick, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024 This holiday season’s mobile shopping surge could be the tipping point. —

Justin Grooms, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024 That interpretation reached something of a tipping point with the September 30 death of Creel, one of Broadway’s most popular leading men of musicals and much beloved for his LGBTQ+ activism. —

Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tipping point

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tipping point was in 1959

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“Tipping point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipping%20point. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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