threshold
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As busier parents took to online shopping for their children, he said the company raised its threshold for free deliveries, driving shoppers toward its larger retail rivals.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
As of June, a $20.5 billion fund that closed in 2019 was below the return threshold it must clear before the firm can collect carried interest from the fund, according to a Blackstone filing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
Beyond that threshold, tiny swirling structures known as quantum vortices would suddenly form.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
“We built for it. Every agent we run has an audit trail, a confidence threshold and a human checkpoint,” Sutherland’s Gilbert said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
“Matthias, I’ve found out where the threshold is!”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
For example, income thresholds for taxation of Social Security benefits don’t change, and neither do the income levels—$200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for married couples—at which some higher investment-income taxes kick in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The tax has been in place since 2013 and its thresholds do not move with inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Whether that rapid pace continues will have major consequences for how quickly the world reaches critical climate thresholds.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
The landfill’s leachate is composed of concentrations of benzene above hazardous waste thresholds and, on occasion, methyl ethyl ketone above hazardous waste thresholds, as well as other harmful constituents at varying concentrations, the lawsuit said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
He searched thin walls, weak sutures of spindle bones above the ear for thresholds.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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