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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
Under the current thresholds, the vast majority of filers — roughly 90%, according to the latest IRS data — use the standard deduction and don’t benefit from itemized tax breaks.
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Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 22 May 2025
Interest rates on long-term government bonds have already surged past the 5 percent threshold, but this is just the beginning.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
As of March, some of the weather service offices issuing tornado warnings Friday and Sunday were above the 20% vacancy levels that outside experts have said is a critical threshold.
—Seth Borenstein, Twin Cities, 22 May 2025
Trump promised while campaigning to remove taxes on Social Security, which is funded through a payroll tax and then taxed again, above an income threshold, upon disbursal to bolster the Social Security fund along with Medicare.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 21 May 2025
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Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 22 May 2025
Interest rates on long-term government bonds have already surged past the 5 percent threshold, but this is just the beginning.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
As of March, some of the weather service offices issuing tornado warnings Friday and Sunday were above the 20% vacancy levels that outside experts have said is a critical threshold.
—Seth Borenstein, Twin Cities, 22 May 2025
Trump promised while campaigning to remove taxes on Social Security, which is funded through a payroll tax and then taxed again, above an income threshold, upon disbursal to bolster the Social Security fund along with Medicare.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for threshold
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Sun Sentinel Bill to end limits on who can sue for medical malpractice stalls in Florida Senate The Florida Senate appeared on the verge Wednesday of passing a bill to repeal an exception in the state’s medical-malpractice laws.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
1 May 2025
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Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in South Sudan's capital Juba because of rising tensions that have brought the East African country to the verge of civil war, the German foreign ministry said on Saturday.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
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The inaugural Mass marked the official beginning of Leo’s pontificate.—
Molly Bohannon,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Coming back as a judge 20 years later is such a special full-circle moment for me and it’s meant a lot to share that journey with the people that have been there from the beginning, as well as a whole new generation of Idol fans.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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Man Utd and Tottenham on brink of face-off for Europa League title (CBS) Football is never done until it’s done — Manchester United’s ‘portrait of pandemonium’ against Lyon proved that — but there’s only minor jeopardy in predicting that the Europa League is headed for an all Premier League final.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Failure to act will push more seniors to the financial brink, further jeopardizing their health and well-being.—
Katie Dempsey,
Boston Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
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The Panthers got off to an inauspicious start, quickly finding themselves down 2-0 after the first period.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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But then again, only one of his 11 starts thus far has been a quality outing.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Special teams ace/edge rusher DeAngelo Malone also would be a difficult cut.—
Josh Kendall,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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In the second round of the playoffs, against the defending champion, the Boston Celtics, the script was flipped: the Knicks got down by huge margins in the first two games but came storming back for the victory in both, creating a 2–0 edge.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
22 May 2025
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Since its inception, NASA has selected 61 women as astronaut candidates, many of them making groundbreaking contributions to space science and exploration.—
Betsy Pudliner,
The Conversation,
19 May 2025
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And since its inception, the CDF has made significant investments in cinema through a portfolio of $234 million.—
Partner Content,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Over time, its blend of niacinamide, alpha arbutin, and kojic and gallic acid promises to brighten stubborn dark spots.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
19 May 2025
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The ratings, which are a forward-looking analysis of investment strategies, indicate that analysts expect the funds to produce positive alpha relative to peers.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
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There are people in the government who have made their intentions very clear at the onset, and those intentions were emptying Gaza of its inhabitants, expelling them, and returning the Jewish settlements there.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025
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This alteration might trigger the onset of migraine or worsen migraine attacks, as well as causing more severe or frequent migraines.—
Brigid Dwyer,
Verywell Health,
19 May 2025
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“Threshold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threshold. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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