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turning point definition

turning point

  1. a point at which something changes direction
  2. a point in time when a decisive change occurs

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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The turning point of the crisis is thet part of the story in which the action takes a decisiv turn. It foreshadows the resolutionof the main question.

Posted by anonymous Shekainah Zoe 72 days ago.

A turning point is a point in which a very significant decision is made.It is when a direction is being changed in some way.

Posted by anonymous 25 days ago.

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