criterion
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“My first criterion is: Has the hospice been around for longer than 15 years?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026
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
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
Before the rule took effect in early April, only a third of small-cap listing applicants sought to qualify under Nasdaq’s profitability criterion.
From Barron's ● Dec. 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
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His analysis showed three-month average returns were negative 3.5% following the seven instances since 1965 that met Goepfert’s criteria.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
The report said that since the train was based on a design-build contract, it fell on the contractor to meet all necessary criteria.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
For Markus, choosing between open models comes down to one primary criteria: accuracy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Spotify hopes AI profiles will self-disclose in the same way, but it will also be reviewing accounts which appear to meet the criteria.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Everyone is dealt four cards, one from each suit: education, income, occupation, and wealth, the four commonly used criteria for gauging class.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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Simply that I am I, that I have lived through certain experiences, that I have certain criterions of taste and judgment that you have not.
From The Locusts' Years by Mary Helen Fee
For a few words of this class, however, there are double plurals in use; as, automata or atomatons, criteria or criterions, parhelia or parhelions; and the plural of phenomenon appears to be always phenomena.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
They look deeper, and find other criterions whereby to judge.
From The Young Man's Guide by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
The former gauged the work to be criticised by rule and measure; the latter compared it with models which had long been established as criterions of good taste.
From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Frederick H. Hitchcock
Scent, in Jack's opinion, was one of the criterions of a gentleman.
From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees
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Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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