How to Use on/at the threshold in a Sentence
on/at the threshold
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The door now seems open to them, and the Philippous aren’t ones to linger on the threshold.
—Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
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Yet even on the threshold of growth, a question lingers.
—David Streitfeld, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2023
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Posey, who got a nine-year deal, was 26 and on the threshold of a third World Series title.
—John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 May 2021
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Place a piece of paper on the threshold (the bottom trim in the doorway), close the door and see whether the paper pulls out easily.
—Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021
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There’s a caveat on the threshold of voter approval for tax proposals.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
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Oregon salmon anglers are on the threshold of a fishing tsunami.
—Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 11 June 2022
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My son was now on the threshold of college, my daughter a recent graduate.
—Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
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Artisan Gateway shows the Chinese box office on the threshold of a $7 billion total for the year.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 Nov. 2023
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The video shows Lynch collapsing on the threshold and crawling a few feet before being subdued.
—Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022
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But on the threshold of running Italy, Ms. Meloni has pivoted.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2022
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The computing world stands on the threshold of something equal parts exciting and alarming.
—Grégoire Ribordy, Forbes, 24 May 2021
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Essentially, because many of them look to be on the threshold of bankruptcy.
—Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
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Much could ride on a raft of smaller parties that are on the threshold of reaching the minimum of 5 percent of the vote needed to enter parliament.
—Ladka Bauerova, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023
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The definition of a supermoon can vary, though, depending on the threshold used to determine if a full moon is close enough to Earth to qualify.
—NBC News, 23 June 2021
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Their encounter, a meeting at the threshold of life and death, is tense, but in their eye contact is something familiar: a chilling flash of mutual recognition.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
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That's right on the threshold of conscious perception, almost 'subliminal' but not quite.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2012
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Now, according to a recent poll, over 75% of Finns support applying for full membership – something that, by all reports, Finland is now on the threshold of doing.
—Gordon F. Sander, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2022
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Several attendees wore buttons calling for a ceasefire in the region, and protesters demanding the same clashed with police on the threshold of the Oscars' red carpet.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2024
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Still, Kuperberg says, the results show physicists are on the threshold of using imperfect physical qubits to make much better logical ones.
—Byadrian Cho, science.org, 22 Feb. 2023
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The concept of liminality, which has been around since at least the early 20th century, commonly refers to the psychological condition of being on the threshold of a new life stage.
—Jake Pitre, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2022
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Sophie has recently turned eleven, and Corio poises her, with startling assurance, on the threshold between unknowing and knowing.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2022
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The characters in these songs are disconnected and desperate, often balanced on the threshold of violence as a last, or sometimes only, resort.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 15 Aug. 2022
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The two-dimensional grid is one of the few cases where mathematicians have proved what happens exactly at the threshold: infinite clusters don’t form.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
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However, because the Heat stand at the threshold of the NBA luxury-tax line for excessive payroll, the team is expected to go with a maximum of 14 players under standard contract at the start of the regular season.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2022
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But mathematicians are still stumped by what happens exactly at the threshold for most graphs, including the three-dimensional grid.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
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The appellate court’s unsigned opinion focuses on the threshold question of whether Missouri suffered a concrete and particular injury to sue.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022
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County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins said these projects will help families on the threshold of qualifying for low-income housing find affordable homes in their communities.
—Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2023
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Johnson and a team of federal, state and university scientists appear on the threshold of ending competition on spawning grounds between wild salmon and stray hatchery fish.
—Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
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Management believes the company is on the threshold of profitability and could visualize financial improvement in the next 12 months.
—Walter Loeb, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
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Breakthrough puts the spotlight on extraordinary people doing extraordinary things in the fields of film, games and TV, at the threshold of ‘breakthrough’ moments or career trajectories.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2022
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