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The bar you must clear, smuggled in plural while everyone forgets the singular exists.
means The standards or principles by which something is judged, tested, or decided.
from From Greek kriterion, a means of judging, rooted in krinein, to separate or decide — the same family that gave us critic and crisis, all moments demanding a verdict.
Singular sinOne is a criterion, not a criteria.
Crisis cousinShares its root with critic and crisis.
Latin echoCribrum, a sieve, sorts the worthy too.