saturation point
noun
: the point at which there are so many of a thing that no more can be added successfully
The number of game shows on TV may have reached the saturation point.
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Obviously, the United States has reached a regulatory saturation point, and financial markets are just one great example.
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Norbert Michel, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Many technologies have had phases where customers eagerly embrace every improvement in some parameter—until a saturation point is reached and improvements are ultimately met with a collective shrug.
Consider a very brief history of airspeed in commercial air travel.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
Chávez's main problem is that social spending may have reached a saturation point.
—Javier Corrales, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2012
For a home, assuming two or three inhabitants all separately browsing or watching, somewhere between 100 Mb/s and 1 Gb/s marks the approximate saturation point beyond which further improvements become less and less noticeable, for most use cases.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
Elliott believes the idea has reached a saturation point.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
By contrast, the world’s demand for textiles in the 18th century was nowhere near a saturation point.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
After a week of taking a loading dose, your muscles reach a creatine saturation point.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 21 Feb. 2025
In this wholly original, self-aware cinematic work, a filmmaker chews over what might have been and playfully probes the inner workings of a genre at saturation point.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
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Norbert Michel, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Many technologies have had phases where customers eagerly embrace every improvement in some parameter—until a saturation point is reached and improvements are ultimately met with a collective shrug.
Consider a very brief history of airspeed in commercial air travel.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
Chávez's main problem is that social spending may have reached a saturation point.
—Javier Corrales, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2012
For a home, assuming two or three inhabitants all separately browsing or watching, somewhere between 100 Mb/s and 1 Gb/s marks the approximate saturation point beyond which further improvements become less and less noticeable, for most use cases.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
Elliott believes the idea has reached a saturation point.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
By contrast, the world’s demand for textiles in the 18th century was nowhere near a saturation point.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
After a week of taking a loading dose, your muscles reach a creatine saturation point.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 21 Feb. 2025
In this wholly original, self-aware cinematic work, a filmmaker chews over what might have been and playfully probes the inner workings of a genre at saturation point.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Saturation point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saturation%20point. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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