criterion

Example Sentences

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However, the predetermined statistical criterion was not met in the primary endpoint.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Fewer Lyme disease cases were accrued over the study period than anticipated, and the pre-determined statistical criterion wasn’t met in the primary endpoint.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The unifying criterion for dementia is that the person has lost independence, Gomperts explains.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 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

But in the writing of scene after scene I was guided by but one criterion: to tell the truth as I saw it and felt it.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright