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It's normal to write that a threshold has been exceeded. But it seems clumsy for some reason to describe how a minimum threshold is passed.
We could say that the threshold was exceeded, except that "exceeded" make it sound like you're describing coming from below and attaining the threshold value. Same with surpassed.
We could say that it is 'transcended', but that seems a little too pompous and I'm not sure it's any clearer.
We could say that it's 'passed', but that loses the sense of direction.
Instead I'm using the clumsier, "fell below the threshold."
Encroach? Breach? Nah.
Is there a more compact, less clumsy way of expressing this?
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