criteria

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Those who apply after 6 April but are nearing end of life, or meet the Severe Conditions Criteria, will continue to receive the higher rate.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Criteria included space, facilities, staff expertise and herd dynamics.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Criteria can drift from sustained findings of lying under oath to broad categories like “bias” or “integrity concerns,” sometimes based on unsustained complaints or internal politics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Criteria vary from danger to a lack of capacity for consent and the need for treatment.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2024

Criteria like this can be used to determine how likely it is that sequences of heads and tails or Xs and Os or hits and misses are randomly generated.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos