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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
With the company valued at roughly $4 billion and average daily trading volume of around 700k shares, many larger institutional investors may face practical limitations around position sizing and liquidity thresholds.
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Sasirekha Subramanian, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Each company sets its own thresholds and its own level of transparency.
—Shlomit Wagman, Fortune, 30 May 2026
Recall provisions should have high thresholds.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
This premium, high-end hybrid robot vacuum and mop features an innovative self-lifting chassis that adjusts in real-time to climb over small thresholds and obstacles.
—Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 22 May 2026
Let’s take a look at the hitters who have faced the highest Stuff+ in the league so far (with the same thresholds as above).
—Eno Sarris, New York Times, 22 May 2026
NextEra Energy anticipates the all-stock transaction will improve its existing credit rating thresholds, while Dominion Energy and Dominion Energy Virginia are expected to benefit from improved ratings and related reductions in financing costs.
—Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
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
Sasirekha Subramanian, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Each company sets its own thresholds and its own level of transparency.
—Shlomit Wagman, Fortune, 30 May 2026
Recall provisions should have high thresholds.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
This premium, high-end hybrid robot vacuum and mop features an innovative self-lifting chassis that adjusts in real-time to climb over small thresholds and obstacles.
—Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 22 May 2026
Let’s take a look at the hitters who have faced the highest Stuff+ in the league so far (with the same thresholds as above).
—Eno Sarris, New York Times, 22 May 2026
NextEra Energy anticipates the all-stock transaction will improve its existing credit rating thresholds, while Dominion Energy and Dominion Energy Virginia are expected to benefit from improved ratings and related reductions in financing costs.
—Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
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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Still, sometimes the songs feel like they’re trapped in amber, with emotion muted and songwriting that verges on repetitive.—
Vrinda Jagota,
Pitchfork,
29 Jan. 2026
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These ideas are big and ripe for the picking, but James’ interest in delivering a full meal verges on overstuffed.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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This is a year of new beginnings, adventures and major changes in your life.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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That’s mastering the art of new beginnings—one attempt at a time.—
Tamar Gakharia,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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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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Over the following decade, his lab would, in fits and starts, chip away at their obsession.—
Siddhant Pusdekar,
Quanta Magazine,
1 June 2026
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Wacha was among seven American League pitchers to work at least five innings or more in their first 11 starts.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
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In the past few years, Underwood has come to realize that a bunch of barking alphas may not, in fact, be the best way to build a successful pack.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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As a ballplayer, Kent was as irascible as Bonds; the two alphas reportedly brawled behind clubhouse doors, and famously clashed in the dugout during a 2002 game, when Bonds lunged for Kent’s throat and pushed him against the wall.—
Jeremy Collins,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2025
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Sometimes they are flattered, invited inside, and quietly stripped of their sharp edges.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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The most valuable goods sit at the center of the bazaar, with prices becoming more accessible toward the outer edges.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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Recent Harvard commencements have grown much more political.—
Michael Casey,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Originally called MarchingOrder, Tassel had provided services for commencements for around 20 years before adding the AI name offering.—
Kendall Staton The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2026
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Future removals, offsets, shifting baselines, and technological breakthroughs can keep many strategies plausible at once.—
London Business School,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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One thing that will not be there is the striking four-colored court from the 1970s, in which the service boxes, doubles alleys, and the area between the service boxes and the baselines were all different colors.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
19 May 2026
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