threshold
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Another petition, titled "support the ceramics industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills", has reached more than 105,000 signatures, passing the threshold to be considered for a debate in Parliament.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
With the SpaceX IPO in the offing, however, Nasdaq reduced its “seasoning” period to only 15 days and removed the 10% threshold.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Two other opposition forces -- ex-president Robert Kocharyan's "Armenia" alliance and the Prosperous Armenia party -- also cleared the electoral threshold to get into parliament, winning 9.9 percent and four percent of the vote, respectively.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Despite recent record foreign-exchange intervention, the Japanese currency has weakened again to near the 160 threshold against the dollar, a level seen as a potential trigger for more government action.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Somehow, now that I had once crossed the threshold of this house, and once was brought face to face with its owners, I felt no longer outcast, vagrant, and disowned by the wide world.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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The House on Mango Street
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