threshold
Example Sentences
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Beijing has traditionally observed an informal threshold of not letting a single country account for more than 20% of its crude imports.
An important study from Australia found that in the last few decades we have really lowered the threshold to what is labeled harmful, abusive, traumatizing and neglectful behavior.
Glory picked up Orion as she crossed the threshold.
From Literature
Texas Instruments and Paveway put America on the threshold of the modern digital revolution.
When I interviewed Fosback a number of years ago about the indicator, he told me that these lower thresholds are far too low to be considered bearish.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
