Thesaurus results for BOILING POINT

boiling point

noun

Definition of boiling point

as in crisis

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action when the situation reached the boiling point, the President had no choice but to order out the National Guard

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Recent Examples of boiling point That competition is about to reach its boiling point this week. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 The sequence was the boiling point of a maddening, inexplicable few days in Minnesota. — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 19 Aug. 2026 An inning later, things reached a boiling point with the bases loaded. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026 As QAnon conspiracy theories took hold with people from around the world and tensions around policies to prevent the spread of Covid reached a boiling point, this previously unknown woman became the unlikely answer some in Canada were searching for. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for boiling point

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Advertisement The protests are also occurring amid a wider crisis of political confidence in the country.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
The agency, created in 1974 in the wake of the Arab oil embargo, is tasked with maintaining energy security by deploying oil stockpiles in response to crises like the wars in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of crisis

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This time around, traders often cite the booming (and opaque) private credit market and AI datacenter plans funded too much by debt — some of it off balance sheet — as likely breaking points.

— Sean Conlon, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
Keep in mind, there is a breaking point.

— Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of breaking point

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Now, in yet another blow to national self-esteem, the ex-head of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the BND, has been arrested on charges of exploiting state secrets.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026
Instead of exchanging the entire print head, the K3 swaps a smaller assembly containing the nozzle, hotend and filament path.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026

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Voting by mail has been a flash point since the 2020 presidential election when Philadelphia and Pennsylvania sat at the center of controversy.

— Heather LaMarre, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
James’s appointment has become the latest flash point in the swelling controversy over the 2024 incident and its handling by officials.

— Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2026

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