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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 inheritance tax threshold at $750,000 would have seemed extreme two years ago.
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Greg Raiff, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Students at the same eligibility threshold in middle school grades saw worse academic gains, with effects worsening further over time.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
So in that sense, a lot of what clipping does is help good artists find the audiences who would’ve liked them anyway by accelerating the early excitement just enough to push them past the algorithmic threshold that decides who gets discovered and who doesn’t.
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026
Ultrasound thresholds for identifying polycystic ovaries have moved from 10 follicles, to 12, to 19 or more, depending on the era and the technology used.
—Adaira Landry, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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Greg Raiff, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Students at the same eligibility threshold in middle school grades saw worse academic gains, with effects worsening further over time.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
So in that sense, a lot of what clipping does is help good artists find the audiences who would’ve liked them anyway by accelerating the early excitement just enough to push them past the algorithmic threshold that decides who gets discovered and who doesn’t.
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026
Ultrasound thresholds for identifying polycystic ovaries have moved from 10 follicles, to 12, to 19 or more, depending on the era and the technology used.
—Adaira Landry, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for threshold
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Trump has suggested that Russia or China may be on the verge of seizing Greenland, a notion that regional experts have dismissed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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Glamorous on the verge of vulgar, elegant yet unrestrained, and unmistakably luxurious.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
17 May 2026
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The language of covenant, liberty, moral responsibility, human dignity, and redemption helped shape the nation’s moral imagination from the very beginning.—
Ari Berman,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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And the most exciting part is that this is only the beginning.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The Timberwolves’ season, again, faces a brink.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
9 May 2026
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Most Americans have health insurance, but that doesn't ease fears of a medical emergency pushing them to the financial brink, a study shows.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2026
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Since 2008, starting pitchers have thrown only three pitches of a hundred and three miles per hour or more, including one that Misiorowski threw in his previous start, against the Washington Nationals.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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The company makes its products from start to finish.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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The stalemate that existed has been broken, and the Republicans now seem likely to obtain a meaningful edge heading into the midterms.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Among the various aspects of the movie that its English title refers to, not least is the unhinged rampage Lina unleashes at a couple of schoolgirls, a gringa loca on the razor’s edge.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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Characters that remain immensely popular and revered nearly 50 years after their inception.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
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The Washington National Opera, at the center since its inception, had already announced plans to leave even before the closure was announced.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
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These letters represent symbols of God as the beginning (alpha) and the end (omega).—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
14 May 2026
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Even before Shaq was sent packing from Tinseltown, there was an argument that Kobe was starting to become the dominant alpha on the team.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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The onset of hostilities was enough to persuade around a hundred and eighty Democrats to support the measure.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Speculator positions flipped from net short to net long around the onset of the Iran War.—
SJ Guest Editorial,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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