threshold
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It would be the second company after Nvidia to cross that threshold.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
"Targeting or reaching the perimeter of a nuclear facility in the Gulf crosses a psychological and strategic threshold," said Karim Bitar, a lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
The court said she spent 163 days in Spain in that financial year - 20 days short of the threshold for her to be classed as a resident for tax purposes.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
The jury must first resolve a threshold issue: whether Musk, who filed suit in 2024 -- four years after his last contribution -- did so within the statutory time limit.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
That reaction produces potentially explosive hydrogen gas—lots of it—and Fukushima Daiichi had passed that temperature threshold hours before.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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