Criteria
Predecessors and criteria are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Predecessors" instead a noun "Criteria".
Predecessors
Criteria and predecessors are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Criteria" instead a noun "Predecessors".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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They're even more numerous than the IIIs were, with much better equipment to boot (though they're in general less skilled than their predecessors due to a more relaxed selection criteria).
Source: Space Marine - Burns has as lax a set of criteria for firing employees as his predecessors.
Source: George Jetson Job Security
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Predecessors and Criteria. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 09, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/criteria/predecessors
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