boiling point
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The affordability crisis has reached a boiling point with many middle- and lower-income Americans increasingly burdened by debt and struggling to cover basic household expenses.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026
These temperatures are far higher than those of earlier superconductors and are above the boiling point of liquid nitrogen, which is why scientists classify them as high temperature superconductors.
From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025
Her inner intensity expresses itself in a frenzy of volcanic feeling that can never be tamped down once it reaches its boiling point.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
It can take quite a few years to get to to that boiling point.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025
When solid sulfur is heated a little past the normal boiling point of water, to about 115°C, it melts and changes color.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
