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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
People familiar with the situation told CNBC that enough Democratic senators had agreed to vote for the deal to clear a 60-vote minimum threshold.
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Tasmin Lockwood,hugh Leask,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Even with an income threshold of $100,000 — far from the highest income tax bracket — around 150 million adults would qualify.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
By many measures, that threshold has already been breached.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
The report warns that the average global temperature rise over multiple decades is likely to exceed the Paris Agreement threshold within the next decade.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2025
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Tasmin Lockwood,hugh Leask,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Even with an income threshold of $100,000 — far from the highest income tax bracket — around 150 million adults would qualify.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
By many measures, that threshold has already been breached.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
The report warns that the average global temperature rise over multiple decades is likely to exceed the Paris Agreement threshold within the next decade.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for threshold
Noun
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Realistically, Boston is right on the verge of real championship contention.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Loewe In the Loewe show, new creative directors Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez displayed many versions of a rigid kitten-heel pump with a high vamp that made the style verge into bootie territory.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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From its beginning, the leaders of the rebellion well understood the global reach and resonance of their great struggle.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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But that was the beginning of everything for both of us.—
Karen Taylor Bass,
Billboard,
6 Nov. 2025
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Large corporate bankruptcies are surging in 2025, with inflation, interest rates and policy uncertainty driving more major U.S. companies to the financial brink, according to a report from Cornerstone Research.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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With Metro Boomin and Southside pushing Atlanta trap music to its soul-bleeding brink, Future is bursting at the seams with vindictiveness, misery, and passion.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
30 Sep. 2025
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But Ware held his own against the Cavaliers’ talented frontcourt on Monday, totaling 14 rebounds, 20 rebounds, one steal and one block in his third straight start for the injured Adebayo.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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What's the difference between astronomical and meteorological start dates?—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Nov. 2025
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The measure appears to have been the least favored around the southeastern edge of the county, an area that was originally supposed to get access to the silver line.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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These changes, as well as, wearing bangs were a major key to keeping her edges strong.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
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Since its inception in 2013, the festival has taken place in Los Angeles in the fall, showcasing speculative cinema from around the globe.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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Since its inception, IEEPA has been invoked 69 times, and no president has ever used it to impose tariffs.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Nov. 2025
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But what expanding microdrama companies are hoping to target is viewers’ in-between time, the passive scrolls that can be taken over by a choice ad placement or intriguing three-minute clip about a cheerleader and a hunky alpha werewolf.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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These medications are alpha blockers taken to help lower blood pressure, and the concentration of N-nitroso Prazosin impurity C exceeded FDA acceptable levels.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Beijing nearly doubled the rate of expansion at missile production sites in the two years that followed the onset of the war, according to CNN’s satellite imagery analysis of constructed floorspace.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Amid the second surge of the virus, in August 2020, the first ‘covid novel’ arrived—Ali Smith’s Summer, the last of a seasonal quartet, written during Britain’s early lockdown, which includes real-time descriptions of the pandemic’s onset.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Threshold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threshold. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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