on/at the threshold

idiom

: at the beginning of something or very close to something (such as a new condition, an important discovery, etc.)

—usually + of

young people on the threshold of adulthood

Examples of on/at the threshold in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s a caveat on the threshold of voter approval for tax proposals. —Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024

Several attendees wore buttons calling for a ceasefire in the region, and protesters demanding the same clashed with police on the threshold of the Oscars' red carpet. —Christian Holub, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2024

Their encounter, a meeting at the threshold of life and death, is tense, but in their eye contact is something familiar: a chilling flash of mutual recognition. —Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024

That puts these communities right on the threshold between rain and snow, something residents saw play out Wednesday and lasted through Thursday, as the storm alternated between rain and snow in much of Big Bear Valley. —Brooke Staggs, Orange County Register, 4 Feb. 2024

But mathematicians are still stumped by what happens exactly at the threshold for most graphs, including the three-dimensional grid. —Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023

Toxicologists can assess the level of cancer risk against different thresholds used by scientists, governments and others; the same device can pass one test but fail another depending on the threshold. —Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2023

The two-dimensional grid is one of the few cases where mathematicians have proved what happens exactly at the threshold: infinite clusters don’t form. —Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023

The 71-second video shared by Massaquoi on Saturday appears to show him holding his phone up to record or stream video among about a dozen protesters, some with their faces covered or wearing Trump 2020 hats, crowded at the threshold of a door into the Capitol. —Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023