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- at the threshold of the new year, it's time to look back and make resolutions for the future
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- cessation,
- closing,
- closure,
- completion,
- finale,
- finish,
- period,
- stop,
- termination,
- windup
Antonyms for threshold
- close,
- conclusion,
- end,
- ending,
- omega
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“Threshold.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threshold. Accessed 8 December 2019.
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The first known use of threshold was before the 12th century
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