on/at the threshold

idiom

: at the beginning of something or very close to something (such as a new condition, an important discovery, etc.)

—usually + of

young people on the threshold of adulthood

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As businesses stand at the threshold of a new era, where innovation and agility are crucial to organizational success, the employee satisfaction metric that seemed to rise to overnight fame is holding organizations back. —

Angelica Kopec, Forbes, 4 Nov. 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 Eligibility was based on the threshold for free and reduced lunch, limiting it to families making about $40,000. —

Grace Salata, Cooper Vandriessche, and Taylore Williams, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2024 The sound is understated yet evocative, as Tinashe keeps lingering on the threshold between impulsive erotic craving and full-immersion all-in romance. —

Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on/at the threshold

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