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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Dolphins defensive tackle Zach Sieler stands on the threshold of something this franchise hasn’t seen since 2007.
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Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2025
The season, overall, seems to want to leave the Berzattos on the threshold of that sort of resolution.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 June 2025
Now Israel and the United States may have reduced the third pillar—the country’s nuclear program and its position at the threshold of acquiring nuclear weapons—to smoldering ruins as well.
—Uri Friedman, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
Ever the shrewd businessman and strange inventive mind, the funeral parlour owner went about redecorating the back storage room in the Old West style, adding wagon wheels and cactus plants, installing a set of swinging saloon doors at the threshold.
—Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
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Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2025
The season, overall, seems to want to leave the Berzattos on the threshold of that sort of resolution.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 June 2025
Now Israel and the United States may have reduced the third pillar—the country’s nuclear program and its position at the threshold of acquiring nuclear weapons—to smoldering ruins as well.
—Uri Friedman, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
Ever the shrewd businessman and strange inventive mind, the funeral parlour owner went about redecorating the back storage room in the Old West style, adding wagon wheels and cactus plants, installing a set of swinging saloon doors at the threshold.
—Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
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“On/at the threshold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%2Fat%20the%20threshold. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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