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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
In Spartanburg County, school vaccination rates have fallen to just under 89% — well below the 95% threshold needed to prevent community outbreaks.
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Maria Godoy, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026
All but four districts in the state with enrollment higher than 20,000 meet this threshold.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 14 Mar. 2026
Thursday’s Senate vote on a funding bill did not meet the threshold to pass.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2026
The bill needs 60 votes to pass, a threshold the Senate has failed to reach four times (three after the shutdown began).
—Bailey Allen, Cape Cod Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Maria Godoy, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026
All but four districts in the state with enrollment higher than 20,000 meet this threshold.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 14 Mar. 2026
Thursday’s Senate vote on a funding bill did not meet the threshold to pass.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2026
The bill needs 60 votes to pass, a threshold the Senate has failed to reach four times (three after the shutdown began).
—Bailey Allen, Cape Cod Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for threshold
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The 2022 Rookie of the Year had stacked up close calls and top finishes, building a reputation as a player perpetually on the verge.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
16 Mar. 2026
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Complicating matters is the charismatic doomsday preacher who is quickly leading the small town to the verge of hysteria.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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Since the beginning of March, Fort Lauderdale police have issued more than 1,000 traffic citations and made 38 arrests, with 10 of those being spring breakers.—
Bri Buckley,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a time of family, renewal, and the promise of fresh beginnings.—
Leila Gharagozlou,
CNN Money,
20 Mar. 2026
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Ironically, a hiring surge of factotums has helped push San Diego to the financial brink.—
Kate Callen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Hospitals that held the line for the poorest and sickest — pushed past their brink by the pandemic — have closed at disproportionate rates, leaving entire regions with deeper vacuums of care.—
Jennifer W. Tsai,
STAT,
18 Jan. 2026
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He’s allowed between two and seven earned runs in each of his three career starts against them in the regular season.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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Shaking off a sluggish start, Michigan closed the first half with a 10-2 run.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Samara Weaving returns with sharper edges, this time facing off against four families in a plot that veers toward global domination.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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The neighborhood/area Hotel June sits at the northern edge of Malibu, just a few minutes from the Pacific Coast Highway, putting the coast and Santa Monica Bay at your doorstep.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Production Team Behind the Scenes Lorne Michaels, who has guided the American SNL since its inception, is executive producing.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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These paradoxes have defined—or plagued—the theory since its inception more than a century ago.—
Tim Folger,
Scientific American,
16 Mar. 2026
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That’s thanks, in part, to his pairing of uncompromising leftism with alpha-male charisma and aesthetics—and having giant biceps.—
Abigail Sylvor Greenberg,
Vanity Fair,
20 Mar. 2026
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Although most commonly known for helping lower cholesterol, phytosterols may inhibit 5-alpha-reductase, the enzyme that converts testosterone into DHT (dihydrotestosterone).—
Mykenna Maniece,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2026
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Traffic through the strait has plummeted since the onset of the Iran war, as Iranian attacks cause the largest oil supply disruption in history.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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In recent years, with the onset of more troubling and complexdoping sagas, WADA has gotten more involved in investigating doping allegations — a function that has largely been handled by the dozens of organizations that oversee the use of performance enhancers in certain countries and sports.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Threshold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threshold. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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