How to Use criticality in a Sentence

criticality

noun
  • But how does this change the nature of criticality in the brain and can this be observed?
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2022
  • True criticality only occurs in systems with many more units than are found in a swarm.
    — Brandon Keim, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Given the criticality of AI, that is a good thing for all of us.
    — John Roese, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The program aims to have at least three small test reactors built and hit criticality status.
    — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
  • What are the advantages and what are the criticalities?
    — Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The unit became the third test reactor to achieve criticality.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026
  • Here, this project team was not aware of the criticality or importance of its work on overall company strategy.
    — Dipak Kulkarni, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • But this kind of criticality is frankly hard to find in the discourse on contemporary immersive media.
    — Caroline A. Jones, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Next, map these according to their criticality and establish to what degree each vendor must be assessed.
    — Aki Eldar, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Achieving a milestone like cold criticality doesn’t mean that a commercial reactor is coming any time soon.
    — Molly Taft, Wired News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Be honest about your company's core expertise and the criticality of the system to your business.
    — Varun Kumar, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Built for remote power With criticality achieved using a full-scale reactor core, the project entered a new testing phase.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026
  • With criticality now reached, the Unity reactor will move into the next phase of its demonstration program.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026
  • Ideas about criticality have also begun to spread beyond neuroscience.
    — John M. Beggs, Quanta Magazine, 31 Jan. 2023
  • But having reactors create energy is not as easy as getting to criticality.
    — Idaho Statesman, 25 June 2026
  • Unfortunately, the final reactor needs three and a half tonnes to reach criticality.
    — David Szondy, New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Ahead of Wright’s visit, two reactors achieved criticality.
    — Idaho Statesman, 25 June 2026
  • This is our second criticality as a company, and an important step toward our goal of power by July 4.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026
  • Sheila understood the importance of the work and the criticality of both maintaining quality and keeping up with demand.
    — Nelson P. Repenning, Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
  • One of the most surprising yet impactful shifts is the decreasing criticality of extensive fine-tuning.
    — Pradeep Kumar Muthukamatchi, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Heightening the criticality of the issue is the rising violence against nurses.
    — Reis Wellness Services, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
  • In today’s reactors, the only way to achieve criticality is to have a healthy abundance of U-235 atoms in the fuel.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 1 June 2018
  • The specter of self-sustaining fission, or criticality, in the nuclear ruins has long haunted Chernobyl.
    — Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 5 May 2021
  • Perhaps operating at near criticality is conducive to midge romance?
    — Brandon Keim, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Reaching criticality means that a reactor is perfectly stable and can produce power.
    — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
  • That data—whether captured before, during, or after a sporting event—has a level of sovereign criticality to drive winning or even explain losing.
    — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • The power of the many Throughout a number of the sessions, panelists highlighted the criticality of engaging many more people.
    — Kotter, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The complexity and criticality of health care’s issues far outweigh those of other applications.
    — Carol McCall, STAT, 12 Aug. 2021
  • These checks focused on systems required before the reactor reaches criticality.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Muller says the plan is to drill the borehole, lower the canister, load the fuel, and bring the reactor to criticality underground in 2026.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2025

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