How to Use inflection point in a Sentence

inflection point

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  • This point in time feels like an inflection point in the world of tech.
    — Byrachyl Jones, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • Is this is perhaps an inflection point for unions to regain ground in the U.S.?
    — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • But efforts to salvage the deal are now nearing a take-it-or-leave-it inflection point.
    — Aya Batrawy, ajc, 21 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • The discussion came at what could be another inflection point for the war.
    — John Hudson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Two years ago, Morris reached his own inflection point.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • But the inflection point, both for Hillsdale and for American conservatism, was the election and reign of Trump.
    — Danny Hakim, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
  • But with a potential inflection point for rates and loss trends still to come, investors who have been along for the ride so far might not want to take a pit stop just yet.
    — Telis Demos, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The protests will likely be remembered as an inflection point in the response to the pandemic.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The 25-year-old center fielder has hit an inflection point in his career.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
  • The demand for corporate bank APIs is at an inflection point.
    — Peter Klein, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • While open banking has been building momentum in the U.S. for years, 2023 will be an inflection point.
    — Alexandre Gonthier, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Many of the most promising first-quarter 2024 LPs are coming from artists whose careers are at an inflection point.
    — Mark Richardson, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Life is approaching a major inflection point for Miller and his wife, Kassey.
    — oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2023
  • As some Iranians see it, these protests mark an inflection point.
    — Yasmeen Serhan, Time, 10 Nov. 2022
  • An inflection point has arrived for the United States and for democracy.
    — J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Gauff seems intent to stay the course, though there are possible inflection points coming.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • Still, O’Brien said the nation is at an inflection point, and although the future is uncertain, a lot of it depends on how cities will react to this rapid change.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 28 July 2022
  • What’s clear is that Zillow, and the real estate industry, are at an inflection point.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
  • There’s a historic inflection point taking place in high school basketball this weekend that has been more than 50 years in the making.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024

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