break point

noun

: a situation in tennis in which the receiving player can win the game by scoring the next point

also : the point so scored

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Miso Robotics appears to be at a make or break point, analysts said. —

Queenie Wong Los Angeles Times (tns), arkansasonline.com, 4 Nov. 2024 The second set, meanwhile, was tighter, with Paul saving the lone break point. —

Jill Martin, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024 The Italian bettered the 24-time Grand Slam champion 7-6 (4), 6-3 in an hour and 37 minutes and never faced a break point in the outdoor hard-court tournament. —

Associated Press, TIME, 13 Oct. 2024 This also means that a season will now also have to be structured with some sort of break point or cliffhanger in the middle of it, when a normal binge series would not have to worry about designing itself that way. —

Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for break point