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tipping-point state

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
tip-ping--point s-tate
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In a list of states of the United States ordered by decreasing margins of victory for the winning candidate in a presidential election, the state whose votes cause the winning candidate to meet or exceed the threshold for victory when tallying the number of electoral college votes from each state.

American usage

Etymology

From tipping point + state.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tipping-point states (plural)

Questions

What does tipping-point state mean?
In a list of states of the United States ordered by decreasing margins of victory for the winning candidate in a presidential election, the state whose votes cause the winning candidate to meet or exceed the threshold for victory when tallying the number of electoral college votes from each state.
Where does tipping-point state come from?
From tipping point + state.

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