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the point at which something begins
at the threshold of the new year, it's time to look back and make resolutions for the future
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Recent Examples of threshold
Detectives said the facts of the case did not meet the legal threshold for murder charges under California law.
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Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
During that time, no restaurants in Wyandotte County reached this threshold.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
Democratic aides stress this threshold, but Republican aides say the matter could be up for consideration.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Reimbursements fall within thresholds the company sets in advance, specifying the number of hours of bad weather that must occur to qualify and the financial compensation to which a purchaser is entitled.
—Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
During that time, no restaurants in Wyandotte County reached this threshold.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
Democratic aides stress this threshold, but Republican aides say the matter could be up for consideration.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Reimbursements fall within thresholds the company sets in advance, specifying the number of hours of bad weather that must occur to qualify and the financial compensation to which a purchaser is entitled.
—Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for threshold
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During the 2008 Great Financial Crisis, the federal government was compelled to rescue key companies vital to the nation’s economy, such as General Motors, Chrysler, Citigroup, and AIG, from the verge of collapse.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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This time, Notre Dame (fifth in the coaches poll and sixth by the Associated Press) will face another Hurricanes bunch (10th in both polls) claiming to sit on the verge of ressurecting its glory of the 1980s and 1990s.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The bill replaces the state’s once-a-year test with three shorter exams, to be given at the beginning, middle and end of the school year.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Sep. 2025
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From the very beginning of launching her brand, Mutayo set her sights on the world stage.—
Ugonnaora Owoh,
Essence,
4 Sep. 2025
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That Maggie had gone to the very brink of extinguishing Negan.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
23 June 2025
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Man Utd and Tottenham on brink of face-off for Europa League title (CBS) Football is never done until it’s done — Manchester United’s ‘portrait of pandemonium’ against Lyon proved that — but there’s only minor jeopardy in predicting that the Europa League is headed for an all Premier League final.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Throughout the course of the year, the 28-year-old shooting guard played in all 82 games and made 18 starts.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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Six career starts have yielded five wins and a second-place finish since first dropping jaws with a 10 ½ length score in his first afternoon trip to the track in October of 2023.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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On the southwestern side of the fire, hand crews and dozers began building new containment lines along Sycamore Ridge Road to prevent the westward spread of the fire from the Dinkey Creek drainage and cut the fire off close to its active edge.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The base stores up to three tools, including a corner cleaner and an edge sweeper.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 Sep. 2025
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To showcase the inspiration for its inception, as with many colors in the palette for Celestiq, a sculpture was made.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Since its inception, the Plastic Poetry program has expanded across South Florida, from Homestead to Boca Raton, and continues to grow.—
Jonel Juste,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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If an alpha wolfs out under a full moon, they get stuck in that form forever and are doomed to be hunted and killed by their fellow werewolves.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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But there will be several other stories at play, such as how Enid will navigate her fate as an alpha werewolf.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Sep. 2025
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The figure indicated the largest number of job cuts in the month of August since 2020, which coincided with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
4 Sep. 2025
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Drought can delay the onset of color, while moist soil, in tandem with the right late-summer weather, produces good displays, Crick wrote.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Threshold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threshold. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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