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The word criteria traces back to roots meaning what?

criteria

[krahy-teer-ee-uh] / kraɪˈtɪər i ə /






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While there is a decent amount of data showing that Crohn’s patients can tolerate GLP-1s, Cohen says he’s not yet prescribing them off-label for patients who don’t meet the criteria.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

If we apply such criteria to Stanley Baldwin, we might judge him a failure.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

The criteria includes someone being declared resident for tax purposes if they have lived in the UK for at least 183 days in the tax year.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

The treaty does not specify the geographical criteria of a European state, but it's hard to imagine Canada qualifies.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 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




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