Criterion and Example

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Criterion noun - Something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared.

Usage example: one criterion for grading these essays will be their conformity to the rules of traditional grammar

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Example is a synonym for criterion in basis topic. In some cases you can use "Example" instead a noun "Criterion", when it comes to topics like test.

Example noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.

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Criterion is a synonym for example in basis topic. You can use "Criterion" instead a noun "Example".

Heaven Sent Gaming as a whole is an example of: Adorkable: Basically everyone that's been involved with Heaven Sent Gaming meets the criterion for being adorkable.

Source: Creator / Heaven Sent Gaming
To use a specific example, some people with autism (for Asperger Syndrome, "pedantic speech" is a diagnostic criterion) tend to value precision and may prefer to speak using something like Spock Speak.

Source: Spock Speak
Some Criterion laserdisc releases (like The Fisher King and Pulp Fiction, for example) have contained extras that have never been ported to the DVD format.

Source: Limited Special Collectors Ultimate Edition / Film

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