criterion
Example Sentences
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“If technology becomes the ultimate criterion, the human person risks being reduced to data, a cog in a machine or a commodity,” he wrote.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
“My first criterion is: Has the hospice been around for longer than 15 years?”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
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
After slavery, she continues, color persisted as the most obvious and so the most important criterion for establishing a social hierarchy in black society.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Vocabulary lists containing criterion
Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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100 SAT words Beginning with "C"
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