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criterion

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


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"Coolness and summer comfort have become a property criterion in their own right," she said.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

First, we got a “speedy deletion” criterion for A.I. images, allowing editors not to spend a whole week on a deletion discussion.

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

He was groping towards Right as a criterion of its own—towards Justice as an abstract thing which did not lean upon power.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

“Two independent doctors evaluated Hoetzlein and each concluded he met the legal criteria for a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity,” Ventura County Dist.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

The McClellan Oscillator, an indicator developed by McClellan’s parents, is the final criteria necessary to determine whether the Omen triggered or not.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Decisions, including whether an item is potentially counterfeit, are made by trained specialists based on objective criteria and specific brand or product characteristics, such as stitching, logos and materials used in the design.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Students left behind say they are facing bureaucratic problems, including confusing evacuation criteria.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

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

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

That is to say, there are four criterions or standards of judgment by which the human mind reaches its conclusions.

From Foundations of World Unity by `Abdu'l-Bahá

The psychologic-historical evolution alone can bring us, through the changes which it produces in the feelings, beyond these criterions.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams

It is one of the best criterions of excellent social and political institutions.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 4, January, 1885 by Various

The people she served were mostly women whose dress, manners, and position in the social world were quoted as criterions.

From The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry

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 Sir William Blackstone




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