How to Use on/at the threshold in a Sentence
on/at the threshold
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The American Youth Symphony was on the threshold of its 60th anniversary.
— Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024 -
The door now seems open to them, and the Philippous aren’t ones to linger on the threshold.
— Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023 -
Yet even on the threshold of growth, a question lingers.
— David Streitfeld, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2023 -
Posey, who got a nine-year deal, was 26 and on the threshold of a third World Series title.
— John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 May 2021 -
Place a piece of paper on the threshold (the bottom trim in the doorway), close the door and see whether the paper pulls out easily.
— Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021 -
There’s a caveat on the threshold of voter approval for tax proposals.
— Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024 -
Oregon salmon anglers are on the threshold of a fishing tsunami.
— Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 11 June 2022 -
My son was now on the threshold of college, my daughter a recent graduate.
— Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023 -
Artisan Gateway shows the Chinese box office on the threshold of a $7 billion total for the year.
— Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 Nov. 2023 -
The video shows Lynch collapsing on the threshold and crawling a few feet before being subdued.
— Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022 -
But on the threshold of running Italy, Ms. Meloni has pivoted.
— Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2022 -
The computing world stands on the threshold of something equal parts exciting and alarming.
— Grégoire Ribordy, Forbes, 24 May 2021 -
Essentially, because many of them look to be on the threshold of bankruptcy.
— Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022 -
Much could ride on a raft of smaller parties that are on the threshold of reaching the minimum of 5 percent of the vote needed to enter parliament.
— Ladka Bauerova, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023 -
The definition of a supermoon can vary, though, depending on the threshold used to determine if a full moon is close enough to Earth to qualify.
— NBC News, 23 June 2021 -
Their encounter, a meeting at the threshold of life and death, is tense, but in their eye contact is something familiar: a chilling flash of mutual recognition.
— Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024 -
That's right on the threshold of conscious perception, almost 'subliminal' but not quite.
— Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2012 -
Now, according to a recent poll, over 75% of Finns support applying for full membership – something that, by all reports, Finland is now on the threshold of doing.
— Gordon F. Sander, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2022 -
Several attendees wore buttons calling for a ceasefire in the region, and protesters demanding the same clashed with police on the threshold of the Oscars' red carpet.
— Christian Holub, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2024 -
Still, Kuperberg says, the results show physicists are on the threshold of using imperfect physical qubits to make much better logical ones.
— Byadrian Cho, science.org, 22 Feb. 2023 -
The concept of liminality, which has been around since at least the early 20th century, commonly refers to the psychological condition of being on the threshold of a new life stage.
— Jake Pitre, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2022 -
Sophie has recently turned eleven, and Corio poises her, with startling assurance, on the threshold between unknowing and knowing.
— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2022 -
The characters in these songs are disconnected and desperate, often balanced on the threshold of violence as a last, or sometimes only, resort.
— Spin Staff, SPIN, 15 Aug. 2022 -
The two-dimensional grid is one of the few cases where mathematicians have proved what happens exactly at the threshold: infinite clusters don’t form.
— Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023 -
However, because the Heat stand at the threshold of the NBA luxury-tax line for excessive payroll, the team is expected to go with a maximum of 14 players under standard contract at the start of the regular season.
— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2022 -
But mathematicians are still stumped by what happens exactly at the threshold for most graphs, including the three-dimensional grid.
— Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023 -
The appellate court’s unsigned opinion focuses on the threshold question of whether Missouri suffered a concrete and particular injury to sue.
— The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022 -
County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins said these projects will help families on the threshold of qualifying for low-income housing find affordable homes in their communities.
— Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2023 -
Johnson and a team of federal, state and university scientists appear on the threshold of ending competition on spawning grounds between wild salmon and stray hatchery fish.
— Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023 -
Management believes the company is on the threshold of profitability and could visualize financial improvement in the next 12 months.
— Walter Loeb, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
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