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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
That the threshold, once determined, would enable Victor to keep the death at bay without giving up his powers.
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
That would not meet the evidentiary threshold for a poster presentation at most medical conferences.
—Vikas Patel, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026
The threshold for consideration is 65 games and Dončić has played 64 so far this season.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
At one point on Day 5 of this flight, late this Sunday, the spacecraft will officially cross the threshold of the lunar sphere of influence — the point in space where the tug of the moon’s gravity is stronger than Earth’s gravity.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
That would not meet the evidentiary threshold for a poster presentation at most medical conferences.
—Vikas Patel, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026
The threshold for consideration is 65 games and Dončić has played 64 so far this season.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
At one point on Day 5 of this flight, late this Sunday, the spacecraft will officially cross the threshold of the lunar sphere of influence — the point in space where the tug of the moon’s gravity is stronger than Earth’s gravity.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for threshold
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In analyzing the cases of murder exonerees who sued, the Tribune found cases typically spawned roughly 300 docket entries and cost taxpayers nearly $900,000 in legal defense fees as the city often took the cases to the verge of trial before agreeing to pay.—
Joe Mahr,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Nasdaq had closed on the verge of correction Friday — a decline of 10% from a recent peak.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
23 Mar. 2026
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Without spoiling too much, Kane and Palk get to bond over their Kansas City roots in the beginning of the show.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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The geologist Charles Lyell proposed that the very ground beneath mankind’s feet had been reshaped countless times before the beginning of human history and was even now in a state of flux.—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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But with the Trojans on the very brink of the tournament bubble, time is quickly running out on that possibility.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Topline Spirit Airlines announced on Tuesday a deal with its creditors to emerge from bankruptcy later this year, with plans to substantially shrink the company while shedding more than $5 billion in debt, marking the discount airline’s second return from the financial brink in less than a year.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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The Kings came into the game stressing a good start, having been outscored 5-1 in the first period of their previous three outings, and instead face planted to spot the Maple Leafs a 2-0 lead through 20 minutes.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Saturday’s quality start was quite a bit more delicate than his last, too.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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According to Powerball, the jackpot has been hit almost 200 times since the lottery's inception in 1992.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Bollati’s’ family-run business has reported organic growth since its inception, save for the 2008 macro-financial crisis and the 2020 pandemic.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Adams, who did not answer my e-mails—an alpha move, no doubt—would probably have been proud.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Chargers don't have a true alpha wideout like Hill, however.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Frankenburg has seen commercial conversations with Gulf states speed up since the onset of the Iran war, CEO Kusti Salm told CNBC.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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Roughly 90% of these tumors are diagnosed in patients under 20 years old, often around the onset of puberty, making Tamura an outlier.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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