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threshold

noun as in opening; beginning

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The psychologist said his recommendation was that Norris did not reach the threshold for release from prison or a move to an open prison.

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Under the most recent threshold of $800, the number of packages entering the U.S. duty-free had skyrocketed.

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Competing proposals by Democrats and Republicans were both shot down, failing to meet the 60-vote threshold required.

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Anything above that threshold will be hit with a 27.5% duty.

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Two separate spending proposals - one from the Democrats and one from Republicans - failed to reach the required 60-vote threshold.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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