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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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Next season, however, all it would take is being among the top 24 teams as deemed by the 13-member committee, which considers on-field performance, head-to-head results and strength of schedule the primary criteria.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

"We chose Shell because it's an emblematic company. It meets all the criteria," Thales Miola, a lawyer for the Brazilian NGO Instituto Preservar, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Strict criteria were used to select patients for the programme, which is based at Falkirk Community Hospital.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

That keeps environmental, social and governance criteria relevant for bond buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

But whether or not the selection of wild edible plants by ancient hikers relied on conscious or unconscious criteria, the resulting evolution of wild plants into crops was at first an unconscious process.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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