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Discover LudwigThe phrase "only criterion" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a single point or measure that is used as the basis for judgment or decision-making. For example: "Considering all of the applicants, punctuality was the only criterion used for selecting the successful candidate."
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But this is not the only criterion.
Smallness is not his only criterion.
Citibank said that proximity was not the only criterion used.
But if that's the only criterion, we're sunk".
"Subjectivity is the only criterion of gospel truth," Wilson writes.
Ugliness, of course, should not be the only criterion.
At first, affordability was the only criterion of her search.
MY only criterion for a summer drink is that it go well with summer food.
Nor is the ratio of black to white the only criterion.
Ratings are their default argument, as though this were the only criterion.
Kaptchuk concluded that objective data should not be the only criterion for doctors to consider.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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