threshold
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A number of recent legal proceedings have laid bare the extent to which the Justice companies may have knowingly violated environmental laws, a key threshold for bringing a criminal matter.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
With the SpaceX IPO in the offing, however, Nasdaq reduced its “seasoning” period to only 15 days and removed the 10% threshold.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Two other opposition forces -- ex-president Robert Kocharyan's "Armenia" alliance and the Prosperous Armenia party -- also cleared the electoral threshold to get into parliament, winning 9.9 percent and four percent of the vote, respectively.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Despite recent record foreign-exchange intervention, the Japanese currency has weakened again to near the 160 threshold against the dollar, a level seen as a potential trigger for more government action.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Mama went at once to the young mother, but I stood frozen on the threshold.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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