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
The rising cost of essentials such as housing, groceries, healthcare, has outpaced wage growth for many, eroding purchasing power and stretching family budgets to the breaking point.
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Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The breaking point seems to have stemmed from frontman Roger Daltrey’s apparent displeasure with Starkey’s playing during the concert last month, which was a benefit for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
Reporter Curtis Bunn spoke to owners across the country who have sold their cars, hit their breaking points or resorted to adoring their car with magnets or bumper stickers expressing their disdain for Musk.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2025
In an era where relentless innovation, aggressive internal policies, and shifting government contracts collide with mounting societal pressures, tech workers are reaching their breaking points—and the fallout is reshaping the industry.
—Jason Wingard, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The breaking point seems to have stemmed from frontman Roger Daltrey’s apparent displeasure with Starkey’s playing during the concert last month, which was a benefit for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
Reporter Curtis Bunn spoke to owners across the country who have sold their cars, hit their breaking points or resorted to adoring their car with magnets or bumper stickers expressing their disdain for Musk.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2025
In an era where relentless innovation, aggressive internal policies, and shifting government contracts collide with mounting societal pressures, tech workers are reaching their breaking points—and the fallout is reshaping the industry.
—Jason Wingard, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaking point
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The combative atmosphere under the Trump administration has raised concerns among some legal experts of a potential constitutional crisis.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Thirty-somethings have lived through two once-in-a-lifetime recessions, an unprecedented global pandemic, and several housing crises…and in spite of all that, leggings have prevailed.—
Kelsey Stiegman,
Glamour,
2 May 2025
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Four years after the state’s Department of Justice entered into a settlement to improve conditions in L.A. County’s juvenile halls, frustrations are hitting a boiling point.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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Tensions reached a boiling point when Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Colombian exports after President Gustavo Petro refused to comply with U.S. demands to take deportees.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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Now, Maineri heads into year 12 with 18 pitchers on his roster, hoping that rising junior Caleb Gilbert and sophomore-to-be Zach Hess will emerge at the top of the pitching rotation.—
John Roach,
NOLA.com,
19 July 2017
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Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.—
J. Harry Jones,
Ramona Sentinel,
19 July 2017
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The Maryland man’s deportation has become a flash point in American politics, with Democrats demanding he be returned.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
27 Apr. 2025
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This case has become a national flash point as the Trump administration ratchets up its deportation efforts and its crackdown on immigration.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
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