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criteria

[krahy-teer-ee-uh] / kraɪˈtɪər i ə /






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For Real to go after him is not a big surprise because Cucurella is the kind of player who fits Mourinho's criteria and how he wants to play.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

These indices instead base a stock’s index weight on fundamental criteria such as book value, revenue, cash flow, dividends and buybacks — therefore weighting stocks according to their economic significance rather than investor sentiment.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 15, 2026

Prediabetes occurs when blood sugar levels are elevated but not high enough to meet the criteria for type 2 diabetes.

From Science Daily • Jun. 14, 2026

Nearly 90% of Americans meet the criteria for cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, a disorder defined in 2023 by the American Heart Association.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

But new scales of achievement, for example the Voigt-Kampff Empathy Test, had emerged as criteria by which to judge.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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