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as in beginnings
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 thresholds
The weather service in Honolulu said Kiko will move to the northwest after midweek, and conditions should likely remain under critical fire weather thresholds.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
The state’s plan eliminates co-pays and removes income thresholds, making childcare free for all families.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Projects must have enough water supply, wastewater capacity, and energy infrastructure; limit the extent of new traffic, with higher thresholds if located near transit; and could only alter up to five acres of undeveloped land or up to 10 acres with a tree preservation and replanting plan.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
The Roborock Curv won our praise at last year’s IFA as the first robot vacuum that could lift itself over thresholds.
—PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
People have different social media thresholds.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
That data helps inform cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security, funding for SNAP benefits, tax-bracket thresholds, limits on retirement account contributions and more.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
The year will also end as the hottest globally, breaking a record set just a year ago as temperatures push toward unprecedented thresholds.
—Hayleigh Evans, Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024
Testing ferritin levels on a blood panel is one of the diagnostic thresholds of diagnosing iron deficiency, says von Drygalski.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
The state’s plan eliminates co-pays and removes income thresholds, making childcare free for all families.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Projects must have enough water supply, wastewater capacity, and energy infrastructure; limit the extent of new traffic, with higher thresholds if located near transit; and could only alter up to five acres of undeveloped land or up to 10 acres with a tree preservation and replanting plan.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
The Roborock Curv won our praise at last year’s IFA as the first robot vacuum that could lift itself over thresholds.
—PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
People have different social media thresholds.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
That data helps inform cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security, funding for SNAP benefits, tax-bracket thresholds, limits on retirement account contributions and more.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
The year will also end as the hottest globally, breaking a record set just a year ago as temperatures push toward unprecedented thresholds.
—Hayleigh Evans, Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024
Testing ferritin levels on a blood panel is one of the diagnostic thresholds of diagnosing iron deficiency, says von Drygalski.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thresholds
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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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The film takes a fun detour in the third act into what almost verges into horror territory.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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One of several intriguing questions from the Big 12’s offseason might have the beginnings of an answer.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Intense, dramatic and often life-changing, time speeds up in this energetic tunnel with themes of endings and beginnings coming into view.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Red Sox now have five starters on the IL (Dustin May went down this week), leaving them one injury away from potentially starting either Connelly Early or Payton Tolle — who have four major-league starts between them — in a must-win wild-card game.—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Fresh starts aren’t failure—they’re freedom.—
Marie Quintana,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Chase Joynt is a non-fiction filmmaker and writer who works at the edges of genre.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
12 Sep. 2025
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Today, crews continued to make significant progress improving fire lines along the southern, eastern, and western edges of the fire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Harden baselines, enforce configuration standards and turn on logging with retention that matches control language.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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When play resumed in the third quarter, the clocks at the top of the backboard were back in working condition, and the reserve equipment on the baselines were taken back into storage.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
1 Sep. 2025
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Among those diehard fans is Anthony Gomez, the managing partner at Rocket Ranch, a riverside campground along the Rio Grande with a facility for viewing launches that’s so close to Starship’s pad that attendees must sign safety waivers.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Rocket Lab's Electron, another rocket popular for dedicated launches of small satellites, lacks the performance required for Astroscale's mission.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Thresholds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thresholds. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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