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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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The measure easily cleared the 60-vote filibuster threshold in a vote of 84-9 but marked the first of likely several procedural steps before Senate Republicans can declare victory and send it to the president’s desk.
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Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2025
The threshold last year was $31,200 for a family of four.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
Levels of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) are anticipated to reach unhealthy or higher thresholds in regions close to the flames.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
What to watch: Whether Nvidia crosses the $4 trillion market cap threshold in 2025.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
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Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2025
The threshold last year was $31,200 for a family of four.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
Levels of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) are anticipated to reach unhealthy or higher thresholds in regions close to the flames.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
What to watch: Whether Nvidia crosses the $4 trillion market cap threshold in 2025.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
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Some EPs are leftovers from the artist’s last full-length, while others feel like a tantalizing taste of a new sound. SPIN’s favorite EPs of 2024 include new artists on the verge, one-off collaborations between singers and producers, and some of the year’s biggest pop hits.Al Shipley, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
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Lawmakers were on the verge Wednesday of passing a bipartisan spending agreement when Donald Trump ally and billionaire Elon Musk intervened and pushed Republicans to walk away from the deal.Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Many have been here from the beginning — a 3-13-1 season in 2021.Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have used a distortion in space to reveal over 40 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light-years from the Milky Way—halfway back to the beginning of the universe.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 6 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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Engram had a renaissance year in 2023 amassing 963 yards in all 17 games, but the Jaguars fell just short of the playoff brink.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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That was the unlikely start of one of America’s greatest retail success stories.Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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After a tough start to the 2024 NFL season, the Cincinnati Bengals still have a shot to make the playoffs.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
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He was rated as the No. 1 edge rusher by Rivals and On3 in the 2024 recruiting cycle.Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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But something else has been cultivated in the process of essentially playing a full extra season in the last six years: a prevailing psychological edge that should gird them for the playoffs in a way no other current NFL team can know.Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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Arguably Formula 1’s most iconic race, the Principality has host a race each year since the world championship’s inception in 1950, save for 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.Dan Cancian, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Since its inception, the Center has expanded and will soon move its South Portland branch to a much larger space in nearby Westbrook.Rachel Murphy, Health, 8 Jan. 2025
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Human flu viruses, including those that cause seasonal influenza, have evolved to infect cells through alpha 2,6 receptors.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
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But soon find friendship in the shape of the couple next door, alpha traffic cop Danny and his wife, glamorous yoga instructor Becka.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Jan. 2025
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From the onset of Schauffele’s relationship with golf, motivational allegories and philosophical adages were fed into his psyche.Gabby Herzig, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Share [Findings] Ostrich-shell beads indicating the onset of the Initial Upper Paleolithic were found to have reached Shuidonggou by 39000 bc, and strontium isotope levels revealed the social exchange of ostrich-shell beads during the Late Quaternary in the Karoo Supergroup.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Threshold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threshold. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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