threshold
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With the high bar for intervention this season, this may go down as an on-field error but not to the threshold for a VAR intervention.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
That way, your gift will be below the threshold reducing your federal estate-tax exemption.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
A reading above the 50 mark suggests activity expansion, while below that threshold means a contraction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Remission means blood sugar has fallen below the threshold used to diagnose diabetes and remains there without glucose-lowering drugs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
As a rule, wandering souls were never able to cross the threshold into Clare’s cottage unless they were invited.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Others including Williams College have introduced similar thresholds for covering tuition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Whether that rapid pace continues will have major consequences for how quickly the world reaches critical climate thresholds.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
The landfill’s leachate is composed of concentrations of benzene above hazardous waste thresholds and, on occasion, methyl ethyl ketone above hazardous waste thresholds, as well as other harmful constituents at varying concentrations, the lawsuit said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Normally tax thresholds would also be raised in line with rising prices.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Doors whose thresholds no one crossed, whose keys had been destroyed or lost, or locked away themselves for safety’s sake.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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