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the point at which something begins
at the threshold of the new year, it's time to look back and make resolutions for the future
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Recent Examples of threshold
However, if none of the candidates surpass the 50% threshold, a runoff between the two highest vote-getters will take place on June 24.
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Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
In the thicket of this new Trump era, these gains among black Americans are noteworthy and certainly beyond a threshold of statistical normality.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Feb. 2025
Nevada, which is the seventh-largest state geographically, was admitted to the Union in 1864
with its population significantly less than the 60,000 threshold.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2025
The threshold drops to $5 for married people filing separately.
—Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
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Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
In the thicket of this new Trump era, these gains among black Americans are noteworthy and certainly beyond a threshold of statistical normality.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Feb. 2025
Nevada, which is the seventh-largest state geographically, was admitted to the Union in 1864
with its population significantly less than the 60,000 threshold.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2025
The threshold drops to $5 for married people filing separately.
—Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
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Trump considering action to dismantle Education Department, sources say Musk says administration is on verge of shutting down USAID Melissa Quinn Melissa Quinn is a politics reporter for CBSNews.com.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Some new tools, including a greater willingness to volley and come forward, had her on the verge in the tiebreak.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Jason Lipshutz: Unlike the star-heavy start of 2024, the beginning of 2025 has not been jammed with big new album releases — just Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos, really — and Hurry Up Tomorrow took advantage of that relative silence.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2025
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At the beginning of the Feb. 10 episode, host Jesse Palmer announced that there’d be one group date and two one-on-one dates.—
Dana Rose Falcone,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Image Israel and Hamas on the ‘brink’ of a truce Israel and Hamas are close to a deal on a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages there, Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, said yesterday.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Two productions teetered on the $2M brink: Gypsy ($1,818,235, with press comps keeping the number down); and Sunset Blvd.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
17 Dec. 2024
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Bobrovsky improves to 23-12-2 on the season and has won five of his past six starts.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
9 Feb. 2025
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Jack Hinshelwood, on his first start since November after knee damage, was left exposed by Georginio Rutter, who prefers to operate further forward, as the No 10.—
Andy Naylor,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
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There was a pervasive sense of indignation from current and former European officials, who have funneled significant aid to Ukraine and are deeply worried about how a ceasefire deal could impact the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) eastern edge.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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The Pirates got to almost every loose ball and played with an edge that was nowhere to be found for the Huskies.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2025
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Fortune And Forks Hosts A Dinner Celebrating Black History Month With Moët Hennesy Fortune and Forks, a social club for women of color founded by Krystal Vega and Naomi Wright has been aiming to support and empower women in their careers since its inception.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Feb. 2025
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In the 12 years since its inception, the LVMH Prize has recognized some of fashion’s era defining talents, uplifting the careers of designers from Shayne Oliver’s Hood By Air to Marine Serre, Simon Porte Jacquemus, and Eli Russell Linnetz of ERL.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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The formula features Virtue's signature alpha keratin protein, which staves off breakage, boosts volume, and moisturizes without weighing down hair.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
14 Feb. 2025
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In a year of scarce returns, investors can take steps to shore up their portfolios, create tax alpha and position themselves to capture returns when the opportunity arises in 2023.—
CNBC Pro Staff,
CNBC,
3 Feb. 2025
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Beaver’s Pond Press experienced this firsthand during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
9 Feb. 2025
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There is a very strict window of time in which this medicine can be given — three hours from the onset of symptoms, although there can be exceptions under specific circumstances.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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