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Meanings of turning point in English

Portuguese
ponto de viragem
Catalan
moment decisiu

An event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend.

        ponto de viragem
        Portuguese
        chanfro
        Catalan
        cantonada
        Spanish
        esquina de calle

        The intersection of two streets.

              chanfro
              Usage of turning point in English
              1
              Five years ago, however, he realised he had reached another turning point.
              The Guardian
              2
              A new course or training in March will offer a turning point!
              The South African
              3
              The coming year will be a turning point for the Irish economy.
              The Irish Times
              4
              Covid-19 has been a turning point in terms of working from home.
              The Irish Times
              5
              He said he doubted that the past week was the turning point.
              Reuters
              6
              The turning point was taking a health quiz and scoring only average.
              The Irish Times
              7
              It might be months, rather than a real turning point, Kenningham said.
              Reuters
              8
              I don't think the penalty was the turning point of the game.
              The Guardian
              9
              Three months earlier the Houla massacre was also called a turning point.
              The Guardian
              10
              The game must have represented a critical turning point in Keys' career.
              Ebony
              11
              There have been endless talking points but as yet no turning point.
              Reuters
              12
              It is near the turning point where questions of goals are asked.
              Midnight at the well of souls
              13
              Longtime Google employees remember the 2009 privacy summit as a turning point.
              Wired
              14
              Certainly James of Molay's retraction marked a turning point in the trial.
              Templars: history and myth: from solomon's temple to the freemas...
              15
              Robert Peston examines whether the latest figures could be a turning point.
              BBC
              16
              The latter acquisition marked something of a turning point for UK Plc.
              Reuters
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