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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

It can help to think in loose categories — less a rubric than a set of handles you can grab when decision-making feels like too much:

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026

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

Take a moment to read the rubric below and see where you fit in.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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 Kobe University finding challenges conventional approaches to test preparation and scoring rubrics.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024

Balta added that the rubrics on Harper’s site only pertain to the way current UW and transfer students are evaluated — not incoming freshmen, who in some cases can apply directly to their major.

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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