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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 measure came over from the Senate after midnight Sunday, when the threshold to pass legislation taking effect before June 2026 increased from a simple majority to three-fifths.
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Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Republicans hold a narrow majority in each of the House and Senate, and are trying to use a special process known as reconciliation that will enable them to pass the bill with a simple majority, rather than the typical 60-vote threshold normally required in the Senate.
—Tamara Keith, NPR, 2 June 2025
The Cubs are well under the luxury tax threshold this year with a team payroll of just over $193 million, and according to Spotrac, their payroll is projected to drop to around $150 million in 2026.
—Jared Wyllys, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
In its complaint, Leavenworth argues the criteria are met because the property value of CoreCivic’s 1,033-bed Midwest Regional Reception Center comfortably exceeds that minimum threshold.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
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Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Republicans hold a narrow majority in each of the House and Senate, and are trying to use a special process known as reconciliation that will enable them to pass the bill with a simple majority, rather than the typical 60-vote threshold normally required in the Senate.
—Tamara Keith, NPR, 2 June 2025
The Cubs are well under the luxury tax threshold this year with a team payroll of just over $193 million, and according to Spotrac, their payroll is projected to drop to around $150 million in 2026.
—Jared Wyllys, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
In its complaint, Leavenworth argues the criteria are met because the property value of CoreCivic’s 1,033-bed Midwest Regional Reception Center comfortably exceeds that minimum threshold.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for threshold
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Even prior to the court-packing plan, a series of cases challenging Roosevelt's plan to take the U.S. off the gold standard and prohibit payment of debts brought the country to the verge of a constitutional crisis.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
16 May 2025
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Another great performance in a go-for-broke horror flick about a woman well over the verge of a nervous breakdown.—
Amy Nicholson,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2025
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At the beginning of the 2022—2023 school year, Luis Hinojosa was appointed as the principal of Pitcher Elementary School, according to court documents.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
30 May 2025
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But at the beginning of Jonathan Tropper’s Your Friends and Neighbors, he’s fired from his job and divorced from his wife.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
30 May 2025
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Arresting climate change and the loss of species that will result is a critical step away from that brink, but one that policymakers and the public are embracing only slowly.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
4 Mar. 2025
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Man Utd and Tottenham on brink of face-off for Europa League title (CBS) Football is never done until it’s done — Manchester United’s ‘portrait of pandemonium’ against Lyon proved that — but there’s only minor jeopardy in predicting that the Europa League is headed for an all Premier League final.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Timberwolves coach Chris Finch cited the importance of a strong start prior to the game.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2025
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Meanwhile, Bellinger, who won an MVP Award with the Dodgers in 2019, has found his footing after a rocky start, hitting .318 with five homers and 16 RBI this month.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
29 May 2025
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In a Venezuelan election, running as an incumbent gives you the sort of edge that any unscrupulous and power-hungry leader around the world can only fantasize about.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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This creates a competitive vulnerability, especially in algorithmic trading, where uniqueness can deliver billions in edge.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Since its inception, 189 designers have received mentoring and a total of more than $7.7 million in support.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
3 June 2025
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Mulaney, a longtime fan who had listened to the podcast since its inception, repeatedly congratulated Maron on making the choice to go out on his own terms.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
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The researchers analyzed the signals collected from each subject, which included delta, theta, alpha, beta, and gamma EEG band powers.—
Paul McClure
May 29,
New Atlas,
29 May 2025
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Davide Cattano, an anesthesiologist at the McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, did some of the animal research that has shown that xenon increases a blood factor called hypoxia-inducible factor 1–alpha (HIF-1α), which in turn can increase EPO.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
29 May 2025
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There are people in the government who have made their intentions very clear at the onset, and those intentions were emptying Gaza of its inhabitants, expelling them, and returning the Jewish settlements there.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025
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This alteration might trigger the onset of migraine or worsen migraine attacks, as well as causing more severe or frequent migraines.—
Brigid Dwyer,
Verywell Health,
19 May 2025
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“Threshold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threshold. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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