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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
Most tornadoes have wind speeds well under the 201 mph threshold for an EF5, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration meteorologist Anthony Lyza said.
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
According to the South Florida Water Management District’s weekly tidal forecast, the tides at Virginia Key and Port Everglades are expected to cross the moderate flooding threshold Monday through Thursday.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
Those same funding bills have already failed multiple times to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome the Senate filibuster.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
If there is a potential for temperatures to fall into these thresholds, a freeze watch may be issued a few days ahead of time.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2025
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
According to the South Florida Water Management District’s weekly tidal forecast, the tides at Virginia Key and Port Everglades are expected to cross the moderate flooding threshold Monday through Thursday.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
Those same funding bills have already failed multiple times to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome the Senate filibuster.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
If there is a potential for temperatures to fall into these thresholds, a freeze watch may be issued a few days ahead of time.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for threshold
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The lineup of dishes and sauces and combos verges on overwhelming; they’re presented in a mix of typefaces and colors, and punctuated by herky-jerky photo animations—a waving hand holding a soft-serve twist, spidery fingers with brass nail extensions used in the traditional Thai dance Fawn Leb.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Enyedi has often made meditative cinema, but here her restraint in some sequences verges on suffocating.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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There are few better ways to commemorate the beginning of autumn than by curling up on the couch to enjoy a movie night or start your annual Gilmore Girls rewatch.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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If Orlando pairs fierce defense with just enough scoring to get by, this could be the beginning of a special group.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Local wages, however, haven’t kept pace, pushing more and more households toward the financial brink.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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The pandemic brought many of us to similar brinks.—
Eric Olson
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Coming into the game, turnovers had fueled the Jaguars to a 3-1 start, and that was again the difference during a game in which the Chiefs outgunned Jacksonville 476-319.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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Only three pitchers allowed more home runs during the regular season than Imanaga (31 over 25 starts), whose north-south approach has not been as sharp or unpredictable.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Oct. 2025
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Their work has included the Locks for Children's Safety, an initiative that has distributed more than 8,600 gun locks through partnerships with state agencies since its 2024 inception, said Craig Boerner, a Vanderbilt spokesman.—
Beth Warren,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Michelle Rutkowski had been part of the popular Milwaukee alternative-rock radio station from its inception in 2006 until its final days this September.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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However, Chase is a true alpha who won the WR Triple Crown last season, and wide receiver gets murky after the new top 10.—
Dalton Del Don,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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This led to the Eggerthella discovery, as well as higher soft drink intake associated with lower alpha-diversity—a measure in the overall evenness and diversity of the gut microbiome composition—in females.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Due to Andrea Swift's health, Taylor decided not to go on a large tour for her seventh album, and then the smaller Lover Fest was canceled in 2020 with the onset of the pandemic.—
Janey Tracey,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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At the onset of Cox remarks, a minority of attendees loudly booed his presence, but the governor was able to rally applause by invoking his pleasure to be back at his alma mater.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Threshold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threshold. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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