How to Use on/at the threshold in a Sentence

on/at the threshold

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  • 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
  • And Iran is on the threshold of becoming a nuclear-armed state.
    — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 15 May 2024
  • North Korea has built and tested nuclear weapons, and Iran is on the threshold of being able to build them.
    — Gregory L. Schulte, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2010
  • 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
  • That technology is now at the threshold of real-world use.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 22 May 2024
  • Jean-Baptiste’s face in that moment is that of someone right on the threshold of a revelation.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
  • 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 next morning, a neighbor found Gilpin's and her husband Rodney's bodies at the threshold of their Jefferson City apartment.
    — James Powel, USA TODAY, 11 June 2024
  • The American Youth Symphony was on the threshold of its 60th anniversary.
    — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
  • 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
  • However, in its remarks on the threshold change last year, the IRS cited a statute that gives broad authority to the Commissioner to administer the tax laws.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • As the governor is at the threshold of releasing a revised budget this month, the financial picture is decidedly gloomy.
    — Vik Jolly, Sacramento Bee, 8 May 2024
  • 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

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