threshold
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Since then, Iran has also crossed a decisive threshold in this area.
That could explain why the S&P 500 been struggling to breach 7000 on a sustained basis, having first tested the historic threshold in late October.
From Barron's
A 25% ownership threshold is the limit for foreign entities purchasing equity in a U.S. firm.
From MarketWatch
That mythical number has often been cited as the threshold at which managers, players and fans can relax - but the total has not actually been needed to stay up since 2010-11.
From BBC
Beijing has traditionally observed an informal threshold of not letting a single country account for more than 20% of its crude imports.
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