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Treating the Lawson criterion as a single unchanging threshold overlooks physical processes that can substantially alter the requirements for ignition.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Or think of religion, where Mr. Diamond’s criterion of success—widespread devotion by millions—is hardly the only point.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Back at Ratchford's office on the third day, he figured a way around the problematic income criterion.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

"Coolness and summer comfort have become a property criterion in their own right," she said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

The first — and most obvious — criterion is that Connectors know lots of people.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Buckingham selected 14 dividend stocks with an average yield of 4.24%, which he called “fairly decent,” especially when the main focus of his selection criteria is long-term growth potential.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

Ballon d'Or winners Stanley Matthews, Kevin Keegan and Michael Owen would surely have a shout if the criteria was such, not to mention genius technicians such as Glenn Hoddle, Chris Waddle and John Barnes.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Using those additional criteria, the estimated proportion of Americans classified as having obesity rises to 75%.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

The United States said on Monday it would remove South Africa and Rwanda from a major Africa-US trade preference programme, citing practices it said were "inconsistent" with the scheme's eligibility criteria.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

But it strikes me I may have been a little hasty before in dismissing certain aspects of the Hayes Society's criteria for membership.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Discussion often brought immediate attention to other criterions than those he used in his first judgment, and these often outweighed the original.

From Psychology and Social Sanity by Hugo Münsterberg

With him the criterions of merit are propriety, taste, expediency, and fitness.

From The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper

How many tests or criterions are here named?

From Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Modern Sunday School Manuals by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

Scent, in Jack's opinion, was one of the criterions of a gentleman.

From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees

These constants, while they vary somewhat with any particular oil or fat, are more applicable to the edible products and are criterions where any adulteration of fat or oil is suspected.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen