How to Use inflection point in a Sentence

inflection point

noun
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  • This point in time feels like an inflection point in the world of tech.
    — Byrachyl Jones, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • An inflection point is a moment when the rules of the game change.
    — Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune, 19 July 2024
  • The world is waking up to a new inflection point in the war in the middle east.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The launch of the Phoebe Philo brand could turn out to be an inflection point.
    — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 12 July 2021
  • The inflection point may have come after the June 12 loss to the Colorado Rockies.
    — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
  • The arena was rumbling, and the Celtics appeared to be at an inflection point.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
  • The United States is at an inflection point in the job market.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • The shift came at an inflection point for the firearms industry.
    — Ben Dooley Emily Rhyne, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • That was an inflection point for me and for my wife, Stefanie.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Is this is perhaps an inflection point for unions to regain ground in the U.S.?
    — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2022
  • This inflection point comes after a year in which the U.K. at times suffered one of the highest death rates in the world.
    — NBC News, 17 May 2021
  • The Frick’s tenancy comes to an end soon, and that was the inflection point that allowed the sale to happen.
    — Curbed, 1 June 2023
  • Musk now finds himself at a bit of an inflection point.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Now add telemedicine, which has reached an inflection point.
    — Jason Hallock, Forbes, 22 June 2021
  • The inflection point of the ‘J’ happens at around a 70/30 breakdown of base pay vs variable pay.
    — Alison Escalante, Forbes, 21 May 2021
  • For both the men’s and women’s national teams, the next few years will be an inflection point.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2021
  • But efforts to salvage the deal are now nearing a take-it-or-leave-it inflection point.
    — Aya Batrawy, ajc, 21 Sep. 2022
  • That could be a problem for the labor market, which seems to be at an inflection point.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN, 31 July 2024
  • The study of planetary birth is at an inflection point.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2024
  • There is little doubt that the United States has reached an inflection point.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2021
  • So this feels like an inflection point for this campaign.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose and Christina Dugan, PEOPLE.com, 13 Oct. 2021
  • This conflict, which has been building for months, is about to reach an inflection point.
    — The Editors, National Review, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Ten years ago, the East Bay city hit an inflection point with killings, recording 126 homicides.
    — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Grass-court tennis had reached an inflection point: pure serve-and-volley was more or less done.
    — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 26 June 2022
  • The Ravens have reached another inflection point in the history of the franchise.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2023
  • For the Chicago Cubs, this week – and this month – may represent an inflection point of sorts, and their past and present may cross paths at Coors Field.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 12 July 2021
  • The contentious fallout from Irving’s film post puts him at a new inflection point.
    — Sopan Deb, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • But Adams also said that the health care industry is at an inflection point to transform the files.
    — Simar Bajaj, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • But the true inflection point for birria came thanks to Instagram.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The market may soon be reaching an inflection point, with more electric trucks likely to hit the road this decade so long as the charging infrastructure can keep pace.
    — Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 27 Sep. 2024

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