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The line in the sand you judge everything against, before grading begins.
means A standard, rule, or test by which something is judged, measured, or decided.
from From Greek kriterion, a means of judging, born from krites, a judge, and krinein, to decide or separate.
Plural trapOne criterion, many criteria, never criterias.
Same rootShares DNA with critic, crisis, and discriminate.
Movie geeksCriterion Collection canonized cinema's judgment of greatness.