criteria

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Just last week, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the Principal Design Criteria for Aurora—essentially, a foundational rulebook for the plant’s safety and performance standards.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Criteria for release eligibility included having served most of a sentence for a nonviolent crime and a record of good behavior, the Catholic Herald reported.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

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 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