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threshold

[thresh-ohld, thresh-hohld] / ˈθrɛʃ oʊld, ˈθrɛʃ hoʊld /


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A number of recent legal proceedings have laid bare the extent to which the Justice companies may have knowingly violated environmental laws, a key threshold for bringing a criminal matter.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Others will become more accessible, as AI lowers the expertise threshold for entry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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

Clare stepped onto the threshold and called up the realms: “Peace, Pleasure, Progress, Pain.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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