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rubric

[roo-brik] / ˈru brɪk /


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Situations that get bundled together under this rubric include airlines cutting flights, Asian governments requiring home-working to save fuel, rising EV sales and high energy costs sapping overall economic activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

“It’s about transparency. It’s objectivity. It’s being able to identify the conflicts of interest, mitigate or eliminate the ones that are substantial, and then disclose—because our federal securities rubric is a disclosure-based regime,” Dahiya says.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

“If I did this for your client, I’ll have to do it for every single defendant who was indicted when Mr. Essayli was acting under the rubric of acting U.S. attorney, correct?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025

And the final, most important question in the rubric is also its most basic: “Is the shark movie genuinely frightening?”

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2025

But the rubric for the assignment asks for dialogue.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

I have also seen the effect of replacing state test scores, grades and attendance as admission rubrics for middle school and high school with lottery numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

This so-called washback effect of test scoring rubrics on the way language is taught is at the heart of what drives Yasuda.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024

It includes recent rubrics — gleaned from public records — used by admissions committees for the university’s computer science, informatics, public health and business school departments.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

Articulate how rubrics provide insight into the final outcomes of an assignment.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

She puts down the stack of rubrics she’s holding.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden


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