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threshold

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


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They do not establish a specific risk threshold or indicate how much meat can be considered safe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

A hundred thousand is a pretty middle class salary, she said, so perhaps the threshold should be a little higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Bennett explained that "a certain evidential threshold" had to be reached before identifying individuals online, but said as a council they did not want to "shy away" from the problem.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

UniCredit said it had received the authorization from the ECB to "cross the 30% equity participation threshold in Commerzbank AG... and to increase its stake further without upper limits".

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Someone had placed a thick band of salt across the threshold just inside the bedroom door.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Yesterday’s newsletter correctly stated that both had exceeded his thresholds but misstated what they were.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

These thresholds are known as the minimum clinically important difference.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Previous guidelines did not lay out specific thresholds for income, pension or language skills.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Arguably the damage might be less without all the padding, precisely because then your pain thresholds, and your bone fragility, limit how hard you can reasonably hit other players.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The floor was a patchwork of odd-shaped wooden slats that rose in the middle and dipped toward the front and back doors, where they butted against shiny, worn thresholds.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago


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