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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a crunch point" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a critical moment or situation where a decision must be made or a problem must be addressed.
Example: "The negotiations reached a crunch point, and both sides had to make concessions to move forward."
Alternatives: "a critical juncture" or "a turning point".
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Given this situation, I think we are now reaching a crunch point.
It adds how placements on some of the courses are "very unforgiving" and often represent a "crunch point".
The White House said later that talks had reached a crunch point but insisted they had not yet collapsed.
The sad reality is that after months of crisis summits, a solution to the refugee crisis is further away than ever – and we are approaching a crunch point.
Highfield said the BBC, the NMA and culture secretary John Whittingdale were inching towards a deal, but were at a "crunch point".
But the message has taken too long to sink in, and as result we are approaching a crunch point, he argues.
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In other words, we are at an ecological crunch point and we don't have the economic tools to deal with it.
Specifically, investors are challenging RBS over what Fred Goodwin and his fellow bosses knew about the state of the bank's risks in spring 2008, when they raised £12bn in a share issue a few months before it hit crunch point.
One Labour MP, Geraint Davies, tabled an amendment attempting to bring forward the crunch point for the Labour leadership by calling for a referendum on May's deal but it was not directly connected with that of Kyle and Wilson.
It's also one of the trickiest: as minister for community and social care, his responsibilities sit at the crunch point where the needs of an ageing society collide with the constraints of taxpayer-funded care services.
Merkel and Wolfgang Schäuble, the finance minister, have been tight-lipped this week on the growing calls for a "Grexit", but German press reports indicate that the crunch point could be reached if Greece is deemed to need even more bailout funds, a scenario widely seen as likely.
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