threshold
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By investing directly, families also avoid the high fees charged by private-equity firms, typically a 2% annual management fee on assets and 20% of profits above an agreed-upon threshold.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
The minimum threshold used to define deficiency may not capture early functional changes in the nervous system.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
The big ones are raising the threshold for the federal government to get involved in disaster recovery and shrinking the National Flood Insurance Program.
From Slate • May 21, 2026
A heatwave in the UK is defined by the Met Office as at least three consecutive days with daily maximum temperatures exceeding a county-specific threshold, reflecting a sustained spell of unusually hot weather.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
He was 37, still young by our standards, but on the threshold of old age by those of the sixteenth century.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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