turning point
Americannoun
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turning points
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a point at which a decisive change takes place; critical point; crisis.
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a point at which something changes direction, especially a high or low point on a graph.
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Surveying. a point temporarily located and marked in order to establish the elevation or position of a surveying instrument at a new station.
noun
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a moment when the course of events is changed
the turning point of his career
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a point at which there is a change in direction or motion
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maths a stationary point at which the first derivative of a function changes sign, so that typically its graph does not cross a horizontal tangent
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surveying a point to which a foresight and a backsight are taken in levelling; change point
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of turning point
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Three years later, it's hard to believe VR just keeps getting more expensive when the Quest 3 felt like a turning point.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
It was a turning point in 21st-century history.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
The sighting could be another turning point for the wolves’ California comeback.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
A major turning point for Hugging Face came in 2018, when Google released a new version of its transformer, the neural network technology at the heart of modern generative AI models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Some land of turning point arose the day a couple of kids wandered into the room, took in the scene and asked Jesse and the others if they were brown-nosing, scoring points.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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