criteria

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According to the Welsh government, an estimated 186,000 people potentially meet the eligibility criteria for weight loss jabs and more than 60% of adults are overweight or obese.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Megacap companies would also be exempt from financial viability criteria requiring them to be profitable before being included in S&P indexes.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

“We don’t really understand why they’re being removed … There aren’t clear criteria or mistakes that they’ve made. So it’s hard to say what the motives are.”

From Salon • May 1, 2026

The index committee has discretion when choosing which companies receive places in the S&P 500, provided that the businesses meet various criteria around market capitalization and profitability.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

The circuits are so intimately woven that the anthill meets all the essential criteria of an organism.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas