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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
Still, such investment thresholds can be beneficial for both advisor and consumer, said Caro.
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Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
The nonprofit set up a series of decibel readers throughout downtown to count how many times the sound level exceeded the thresholds covered by the city’s noise ordinance.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
All of the pieces—trip length, daily driving thresholds, type of accommodation, dining reservations for every meal, or merely food and drink suggestions along the route—are discussed and put into motion in advance.
—Stacey Lastoe, AFAR Media, 29 Sep. 2025
But these thresholds haven’t budged in almost 30 years.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
Kawakami posed a trade package that could pique the Bengals interest with several tiers that only sweeten the deal for Cincinnati provided Hendrickson hits certain thresholds.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
While Banchero’s contract would meet one of the exceptions to the NBA’s salary cap, it still must be accounted for and does count against the club’s luxury tax thresholds.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Install door sweeps or thresholds on all exterior entry doors.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 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
Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
The nonprofit set up a series of decibel readers throughout downtown to count how many times the sound level exceeded the thresholds covered by the city’s noise ordinance.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
All of the pieces—trip length, daily driving thresholds, type of accommodation, dining reservations for every meal, or merely food and drink suggestions along the route—are discussed and put into motion in advance.
—Stacey Lastoe, AFAR Media, 29 Sep. 2025
But these thresholds haven’t budged in almost 30 years.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
Kawakami posed a trade package that could pique the Bengals interest with several tiers that only sweeten the deal for Cincinnati provided Hendrickson hits certain thresholds.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
While Banchero’s contract would meet one of the exceptions to the NBA’s salary cap, it still must be accounted for and does count against the club’s luxury tax thresholds.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Install door sweeps or thresholds on all exterior entry doors.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 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
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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But in the end, her chilling ode to the beginnings of her romance with Joe Alwyn won out.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 2025
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Opal symbolizes clarity, new beginnings, healing, and emotional equilibrium.—
Lian Brooks,
Glamour,
3 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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Rush has had 14 career starts (eight last year with Dallas) and is good enough to play a do-no-harm role as team ups the workload for Derrick Henry.—
Greg Cote
October 2,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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Still, Carr has just four starts to his name.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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By establishing baselines of normal network behavior, anomalies become immediately apparent, enabling rapid threat investigation.—
Douglas Murray,
Forbes.com,
18 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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One former employee, who asked not to be named to discuss internal matters, told CNBC that during their tenure, OpenAI leadership had a pattern of prioritizing fast launches.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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More than 70% of the Falcon 9 launches in 2025 have been dedicated to building out Starlink, the largest satellite constellation ever assembled.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Thresholds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thresholds. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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