threshold
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It remains to be seen whether that threshold can be met.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
US District Judge Darrin Gayles said Trump came "nowhere close" to showing the WSJ acted with actual malice towards him, which is the threshold for defamation cases in the US.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Expulsion from the House requires a two-thirds majority, a threshold so high that Congress has wielded the sanction only in the gravest cases, removing just six members in its 237-year history.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
The prospect of such a blockade could set off a high-stakes battle that tests which side has the higher threshold for pain—Tehran or global markets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
She followed them, and as she crossed the threshold to the hall where the mother sat holding her young son, a divine radiance filled the doorway and awe fell upon Metaneira.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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