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criterion

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


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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

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

If we get to pot four and there is only one group which meets this criterion, pathway two will have to go into it.

From BBC Dec. 4, 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

The Planning Department said in July that the project satisfied the state law’s environmental criteria; the neighborhood association has continued to push back.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Moderna shares fell 7.6% in premarket trading after a late-stage trial of its norovirus vaccine candidate missed early success criteria.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

"It does not specify what constitutes hate speech, how it will be defined, on what criteria, or how those who produce such speech will be identified," she told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

This would mean all personal care would be free at the point of use while establishing national standards and care entitlement criteria.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Right now, you are a “professional student,” so as you read the material below, apply the criteria to your behavior and professional as a student.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Those are the criterions of political changes in England-but, as my conversion is of foreign extraction, I shall not be the richer for it.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace

Certain rot-producing fungi impart to wood characteristic colors which thus become criterions of weakness.

From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.

These, for the advantage of the public, ought to be universally the same throughout the kingdom; being the general criterions which reduce all things to the same or an equivalent value.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir

Here I got acquainted with my world, and soon had my criterions of judgment.

From Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)

Scent, in Jack's opinion, was one of the criterions of a gentleman.

From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith




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