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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
The laws, which her party backed in recent years, eliminated preliminary detention in certain cases and raised the threshold for seizing criminal assets.
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Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Private and parochial/religious schools in Allegheny County fall below the herd immunity threshold, while public schools tend not to.
—Kar-Hai Chu, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
Taxpayers must submit the same forms that a tax professional would, including Form 656, Form 433-A for individuals and Form 433-B for businesses, and pay the application fee if the low-income threshold does not apply.
—Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
It's hovered around there since, crossing the 50% threshold just a few times, including during the Great Recession, just before COVID, and now.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
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Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Private and parochial/religious schools in Allegheny County fall below the herd immunity threshold, while public schools tend not to.
—Kar-Hai Chu, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
Taxpayers must submit the same forms that a tax professional would, including Form 656, Form 433-A for individuals and Form 433-B for businesses, and pay the application fee if the low-income threshold does not apply.
—Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
It's hovered around there since, crossing the 50% threshold just a few times, including during the Great Recession, just before COVID, and now.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for threshold
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In analyzing the cases of murder exonerees who sued, the Tribune found cases typically spawned roughly 300 docket entries and cost taxpayers nearly $900,000 in legal defense fees as the city often took the cases to the verge of trial before agreeing to pay.—
Joe Mahr,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Nasdaq had closed on the verge of correction Friday — a decline of 10% from a recent peak.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
23 Mar. 2026
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The full blackout by the regime began with civil protests at the beginning of 2026, and has continued in the current war.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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Iran has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire by launching its deadliest strikes on Lebanon since the beginning of the war.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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But with the Trojans on the very brink of the tournament bubble, time is quickly running out on that possibility.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Topline Spirit Airlines announced on Tuesday a deal with its creditors to emerge from bankruptcy later this year, with plans to substantially shrink the company while shedding more than $5 billion in debt, marking the discount airline’s second return from the financial brink in less than a year.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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As a rookie in 2025, Sanoja made 26 starts at third base, 20 starts at second base, 16 in left field, 10 in center field and nine at shortstop.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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Aledo got off to a fast start with six runs in the first inning, and after a two-run second inning, ended the game early with seven runs in the third.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Apr. 2026
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The company, Zhan expects, will be more efficient than other cutting-edge labs due to his experience building Gemini, which is Google’s artificial intelligence model.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2026
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In men’s sports, fandom comes with much more of an edge.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2026
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At least, Fowler, who’s covered every season since the franchise’s inception, thinks so.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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Since its inception in 1981, Wednesday's Child has been a collaboration of the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE), the Department of Children & Families and WBZ-TV/CBS Boston.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Jenna Ortega will return in the role of Wednesday Addams, who viewers last saw riding off with her Uncle Fester (Fred Armisen) to attempt to rescue her friend and roommate Enid (Emma Myers) from being trapped as an alpha werewolf.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2026
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During the project, Avalanche will build degradation-resistant microchips that will be used in alpha-voltaic cells and eventually in fusion devices.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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Ben Steinberg, a 26-year-old film student at Cal State Northridge, has long been a vocal and active proponent of reopening Hollywood’s Cinerama Dome, which has been closed since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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With the onset of agriculture, trees were removed to make room for sheep and cattle, which grazed out the natural vegetation.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Threshold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threshold. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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