Sentence examples for at tipping point from inspiring English sources

This is a correct and usable expression in written English.
You can use this expression when you want to describe a situation that has reached a critical level and could go either way. For example: "The negotiations were at a tipping point, and the outcome could have gone either way."

Idiom

Tipping point.

Small changes may have little effect until they build up to critical mass, then the next small change may suddenly change everything.

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"School System at 'Tipping Point"' headlined The Financial Times.

The impact on Greece, already wracked with crisis, is at tipping point.

Music downloading - At tipping point This is well on its way to reaching the mass market with 54% of the online population downloading music.

A shortage of staff at Welsh hospital emergency departments is at "tipping point" and putting patient safety at risk, a top consultant has said.

US consumer watchdog, the FTC, issued a stark warning in a report at the end of October that the whole future of e-commerce could be at "tipping point" because of the "exponential growth" in unsolicited emails.

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Soil ecosystem shifts are abrupt changes that occur at "tipping points" and have long-lasting effects on the landscape and both the biotic and abiotic structure of the soil.

Phase transitions occur at tipping points when systems show sudden changes even without any additional inputs.

Some hung like stalactites, their tips pointing at my nose.

I can't say we're at a tipping point; we're at a pre-tipping point".

RAVENS (2-3) at DOLPHINS (2-3) Dolphins by 3 Baltimore is at a tipping point.

After decades of growth at all costs, Ma says China is now at a tipping point.

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