threshold
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His hitting stats along with his pitching stats have to exceed the threshold of winning a Cy Young and MVP on pitching alone?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
The next No Kings protests — which are scheduled for July 4 — will almost certainly surpass that threshold.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
Currently, any allowances in the reserve above a 400 million threshold are cancelled permanently every year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Given that support was only just above the 15% threshold, it was decided at committee stage not to proceed with the new sign, and this was narrowly agreed by the full council.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Even today, a critical threshold in human organisations falls somewhere around this magic number.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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