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criteria

[krahy-teer-ee-uh] / kraɪˈtɪər i ə /






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The Thursday selloff prompted four stocks to meet Latigo Peak’s sell criteria, though Nvidia, Broadcom and Dell weren’t among them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Using those additional criteria, the estimated proportion of Americans classified as having obesity rises to 75%.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

The United States said on Monday it would remove South Africa and Rwanda from a major Africa-US trade preference programme, citing practices it said were "inconsistent" with the scheme's eligibility criteria.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Only the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, co-founded by billionaire Gary K. Michelson, would qualify under the proposed criteria, according to No on 38, the campaign against the proposition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Soon I knew so much about the history of tennis that had the criteria for success in the game been knowledge of its history, I would certainly have been a superstar.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane


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