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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
The threshold levels include those that involve companies that have $80 million or more in revenue.
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Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
Bessent, after visiting the Twin Cities in January, lowered the reporting threshold of cross-border transactions out of the Minneapolis metropolitan area.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026
Decouple benefits eligibility from full-time hour thresholds.
—Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Trump has said that legislation to impose strict new proof of citizenship requirements on voting is his top priority, but there is no real path for that plan in the Senate with its 60-vote threshold for advancing legislation.
—Stephen Groves, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
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Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
Bessent, after visiting the Twin Cities in January, lowered the reporting threshold of cross-border transactions out of the Minneapolis metropolitan area.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026
Decouple benefits eligibility from full-time hour thresholds.
—Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Trump has said that legislation to impose strict new proof of citizenship requirements on voting is his top priority, but there is no real path for that plan in the Senate with its 60-vote threshold for advancing legislation.
—Stephen Groves, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 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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The changes will take effect April 3, marking the beginning of Teel’s third stint as CEO of Raley’s.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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At the beginning of their time on the stand at the trial in which Evans pleaded guilty to intoxication manslaughter of a peace officer and elected to have a jury assess her punishment, the witnesses answered prosecutors’ introductory questions with flat speech.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 27,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 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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Texas’ big offseason trade acquisition, left-hander MacKenzie Gore, will make his first start for the Rangers against Philadelphia lefty Jesus Luzardo.—
Jim Barnes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Mar. 2026
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The firm has over 70 years of history, and the family got its start with cotton syndication in the United Kingdom.—
Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 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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He will be counted on as the alpha edge rusher in Ejiro Evero’s 3-4 defense this season and beyond.—
Mike Kaye
March 26,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 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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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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