threshold

Example Sentences

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She said pay was so low that she had only reached the threshold to start paying income tax five years ago after working as a TA for more than a decade.

From BBC

It added that a radar's threshold for false-alarm detection could be increased to reduce some clutter, but only at the risk of missing actual targets.

From BBC

Many Black Caps fans hoped Williamson would be the first New Zealander to cross the 10,000 run threshold before he hangs up his hat.

From Barron's

Because the case was tried in civil court, Lopez does not meet the legal threshold to be automatically removed from the council — which would require him to be convicted of a criminal felony.

From Los Angeles Times

If achieved, Musk would surpass the 25% voting control threshold that he has said he wants to stay at Tesla and build its artificial-intelligence business instead of focusing on his other companies.

From The Wall Street Journal