criterion

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First, we got a “speedy deletion” criterion for A.I. images, allowing editors not to spend a whole week on a deletion discussion.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Fewer Lyme disease cases were accrued over the study period than anticipated, and the pre-determined statistical criterion wasn’t met in the primary endpoint.

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

There must be ways of putting nucleic acids together that will function far better—by any criterion we choose—than any human being who has ever lived.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan