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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
In fact, 2024 was the first calendar year warm enough to cross that threshold.
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
The only other player in the NBA currently meeting those thresholds is three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025
During a six-hour livestream in October, the brand achieved strong sales, including one product surpassing the 10 million-yuan mark; three products breaking the five million yuan barrier, and 12 products exceeding the million-yuan threshold.
—Li Jun, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
The bettor, however, will not be eligible for the boost since each leg is above the -500 threshold.
—Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
The only other player in the NBA currently meeting those thresholds is three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025
During a six-hour livestream in October, the brand achieved strong sales, including one product surpassing the 10 million-yuan mark; three products breaking the five million yuan barrier, and 12 products exceeding the million-yuan threshold.
—Li Jun, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
The bettor, however, will not be eligible for the boost since each leg is above the -500 threshold.
—Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for threshold
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Some new tools, including a greater willingness to volley and come forward, had her on the verge in the tiebreak.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Some EPs are leftovers from the artist’s last full-length, while others feel like a tantalizing taste of a new sound. SPIN’s favorite EPs of 2024 include new artists on the verge, one-off collaborations between singers and producers, and some of the year’s biggest pop hits.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
23 Dec. 2024
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Popular on Variety At the beginning, these demonstrations are at the margins of the film — more like background noise than an integral part of the plot.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
18 Jan. 2025
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The artifacts are believed to have been hidden by an unknown source around 1939 at the beginning of World War II.—
Angelica Villa,
ARTnews.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Two productions teetered on the $2M brink: Gypsy ($1,818,235, with press comps keeping the number down); and Sunset Blvd.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
17 Dec. 2024
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Engram had a renaissance year in 2023 amassing 963 yards in all 17 games, but the Jaguars fell just short of the playoff brink.—
Stephan Pechdimaldji,
Newsweek,
13 Dec. 2024
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As Farber explained his schedule to Weinstein, including a murder trial in March, the former mogul interrupted frequently and asked repeatedly for an April 7 start, saying his lawyers would be ready by then.—
Sean Piccoli,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2025
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Fox got off to a strong start Monday against the Nets, hitting a pair of 3s from the left wing and recording 10 points in his first seven minutes before his first rest.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Jan. 2025
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During Vrabel’s early days in Tennessee, players would walk into team meetings on edge.—
Chad Graff,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Amara, a nurse who lives in nearby Valencia, said she’s been on edge for weeks as major blazes devastated Southern California.—
Marcio Jose Sanchez,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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But opinions on this issue have actually remained pretty consistently in favor of the Paris agreement since its inception: 62 percent of Americans were opposed when Trump withdrew from it for the first time back in 2017, and the same share supported Biden's decision to rejoin in 2021.—
Mary Radcliffe,
ABC News,
22 Jan. 2025
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That is the total population of Norway (as of 2021) and the total number of medals its’ athletes have won at the Winter Olympics since their inception..—
Tim Genske,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Democratic Socialists, vaccine skeptics, anti-Zionists, manosphere alphas—these are not people known for casual political engagement.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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But a different kind of sialic acid receptor, alpha 2,6, is more prevalent in the human respiratory tract.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2025
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For example, the American Cancer Society reports that early onset colorectal cancer cases in adults younger than 50 grew by 2.4% each year from 2012-2021.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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But from the onset, the second-oldest republic in the Western Hemisphere after the United States was beset by armed conflict, foreign interventions, repressive dictators, political violence, and heads of state whose personal ambitions and desire for power fanned instability and revolts.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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