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

Now Israel and the United States may have reduced the third pillar—the country’s nuclear program and its position at the threshold of acquiring nuclear weapons—to smoldering ruins as well. —Uri Friedman, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025

Ever the shrewd businessman and strange inventive mind, the funeral parlour owner went about redecorating the back storage room in the Old West style, adding wagon wheels and cactus plants, installing a set of swinging saloon doors at the threshold. —Hazlitt, 18 June 2025

Developed by Fenton Whelan, with architecture by Lee Polisano of PLP Architecture, the Park Modern is part of a £530 million ($680 million) vision for luxury living at the threshold of Hyde Park and Queensway. —Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 June 2025

By taking the time for Serk’s mother to beat his father like a rug, Choi puts her readers in the father’s place, on the threshold of the family home, waiting for the woman in charge to let us in. —Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025