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criterion

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


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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, 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

If we get to pot four and there is only one group which meets this criterion, pathway two will have to go into it.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

However, few enough stocks passed the screen that we excluded this criterion.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025

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