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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

But “Dangerous Animals” meets all of the rubric criteria for not just a great shark film, but a fantastic time at the theater during the summer movie season.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2025

Crunchiness and containerization offer a retreat into aesthetics, as well as a rubric for manifesting safety and security in an insecure time.

From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025

Edna whispers as Ms. Tannenbaum goes over the scoring rubric.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

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

The team also drew upon Berkeley Lab's expertise and instrumentation to fully characterize their microbial factories by many different rubrics.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023

In addition, rubrics may be based on conventions already discussed in class or a previous reading.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

Schools are now still using the same district-mandated rubrics to assess student skills that we were using before the pandemic.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 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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