criteria

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Some lenders are applying more conservative underwriting criteria to entire industries because of the threat that AI poses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

But S&P’s move to keep profitability requirements avoids the most controversial issue, and maintains existing criteria for the most-popular U.S. index.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

S&P Dow Jones Indices will not alter eligibility criteria for the S&P 500, preventing fast-tracking of large IPOs.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

This, in turn, certainly raises the question for the rest of us as to what the criteria might actually be.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

But new scales of achievement, for example the Voigt-Kampff Empathy Test, had emerged as criteria by which to judge.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick