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criterion

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


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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

The unifying criterion for dementia is that the person has lost independence, Gomperts explains.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

Before the rule took effect in early April, only a third of small-cap listing applicants sought to qualify under Nasdaq’s profitability criterion.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

However, few enough stocks passed the screen that we excluded this criterion.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025

Within months, pretty much everyone had given up Klebs’s criterion for Luce’s criteria.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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