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criterion

[krahy-teer-ee-uhn] / kraɪˈtɪər i ən /


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We also pushed a new criterion for things that were very obviously A.I., like those tells I mentioned earlier.

From Slate Apr. 1, 2026

However, the predetermined statistical criterion was not met in the primary endpoint.

From MarketWatch Mar. 23, 2026

However, Pfizer said it is confident in the vaccine’s potential, noting that this criterion was met in the second pre-specified analysis and the clinically meaningful efficacy demonstrated in the trial.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

With those prices, no wonder Luminate seems to have made popularity — and thus financial resources — a core criterion for eligibility.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2025

They are very good at creating a self-enclosed world where the criterion for admission is not the Social Register, but money.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

They consider a range of subjective criteria: whether a proposed project is out of character with existing buildings, or out of scale, or blocks too much light.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Human rights advocates, many legal experts and some U.S. lawmakers disagree, saying that the strikes violate laws on the use of force and that the targeting criteria are unclear.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

So far this July we have now reached 12 days above 30C and 13 days in heatwave criteria across parts of England and Wales.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

She added: "It's time they stopped and that sport becomes sport again: a place where you are judged on your talent and by no other criteria."

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

Right now, you are a “professional student,” so as you read the material below, apply the criteria to your behavior and professional as a student.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Scent, in Jack's opinion, was one of the criterions of a gentleman.

From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith

The plural of phenomenon and criterion are phenomena, criteria, although criterions is sometimes employed.

From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks

These constants, while they vary somewhat with any particular oil or fat, are more applicable to the edible products and are criterions where any adulteration of fat or oil is suspected.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.

Those are the criterions of political changes in England-but, as my conversion is of foreign extraction, I shall not be the richer for it.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace

Discussion often brought immediate attention to other criterions than those he used in his first judgment, and these often outweighed the original.

From Psychology and Social Sanity by Münsterberg, Hugo




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