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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
If there is a potential for temperatures to fall into these thresholds, a freeze watch may be issued a few days ahead of time.
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
So far, the EU’s ecodesign for sustainable products regulation, which will include pro-circularity mandates for certain thresholds of recycled content, the use of digital product passports and a ban on destroying unsold consumer goods, has been allowed to continue apace largely unscathed.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
But the most recent study published Tuesday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine investigated the effects of different step thresholds.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Its benefits are intended for households with income and asset levels below certain thresholds.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
An earlier study conducted by the Clean Label Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to transparent food labeling, found that nearly half of more than 150 protein powders tested exceeded California’s safety thresholds for heavy metals.
—Rob Williams, EverydayHealth.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The nonprofit Clean Label Project tested 160 products from 70 brands earlier this year and found that 47% of them exceeded California Proposition 65 safety thresholds for toxic metals.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
Income thresholds vary but go as high as $125,000.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
By comparison, the 2025 thresholds are $48,350 for single filers and $96,700 for married couples.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
So far, the EU’s ecodesign for sustainable products regulation, which will include pro-circularity mandates for certain thresholds of recycled content, the use of digital product passports and a ban on destroying unsold consumer goods, has been allowed to continue apace largely unscathed.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
But the most recent study published Tuesday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine investigated the effects of different step thresholds.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Its benefits are intended for households with income and asset levels below certain thresholds.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
An earlier study conducted by the Clean Label Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to transparent food labeling, found that nearly half of more than 150 protein powders tested exceeded California’s safety thresholds for heavy metals.
—Rob Williams, EverydayHealth.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The nonprofit Clean Label Project tested 160 products from 70 brands earlier this year and found that 47% of them exceeded California Proposition 65 safety thresholds for toxic metals.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
Income thresholds vary but go as high as $125,000.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
By comparison, the 2025 thresholds are $48,350 for single filers and $96,700 for married couples.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thresholds
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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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Esther isn’t using their beginnings as a weapon, but as a lesson.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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During the interview, the singer discussed success and her career beginnings and shared that her dream was to become a movie director.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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Lozano has had an up-and-down season, limited to 22 starts (out of 34 MLS games) by nagging hamstring injuries, logging nine goals and 10 assists but growing visibly frustrated on the field with incessant fouling by opponents and tactical congestion.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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In his first three postseason starts, Snell has allowed just two runs on six hits over 21 innings.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
23 Oct. 2025
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The final dish is super soft and gooey towards the center (that is its name, after all), but the edges get beautifully crisped and well-browned.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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The petrified waterfalls have turquoise pools perched on cliff edges.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Oct. 2025
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Future experiments, including the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) in the US and Japan’s Hyper-Kamiokande, are expected to build on this foundation and offer even longer baselines and more powerful detectors to trace how neutrinos shift flavors across greater distances.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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Metabolic tests can be helpful baselines to assess your risk of developing all sorts of conditions, including heart disease.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
17 Oct. 2025
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Media from Japan, China, the US, UK and Australia, along with over 40,000 attendees, have assembled in Tokyo for a three-day celebration dubbed Fender Experience 2025, with new series launches, artist and master builder talks, guitar workshops and live shows across three venues.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
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SpaceX conducts many of its own rocket launches, most using the Falcon 9 rocket, from California and Florida.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Thresholds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thresholds. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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