scorecard
noun
score·card
ˈskȯr-ˌkärd 
1
: a card for recording the score of a game
2
: a report or indication of the status, condition, or success of something or someone
Examples of scorecard in a Sentence
I always like to keep a scorecard when I watch a baseball game.
The candidate rates highly on the magazine's legislative scorecard.
Recent Examples on the Web
The scorecard is like minutes for a court reporter.
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Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
The usual suspects dominated the top of the Journal’s scorecard, including locals MIT (2) and Harvard (6).
—Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
The company finished dead last in the 2020 scorecard.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2023
However, the state ranks only 29th out of 50 states in the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s annual efficiency scorecard.
—Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, Forbes, 16 July 2023
In its most recent scorecard, published in June, X ranked in last place among the major social media platforms.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2023
In a scorecard released to help voters choose their delegate and Senate candidates in next month’s election, the conservative Institute for Legislative Analysis graded Youngkin as a centrist on average.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2023
Scott’s losing scorecard In July 2018, following a disastrous bowl season for the Pac-12, Scott addressed reporters and brushed aside the results on the field.
—Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
Arjuna Capital, a social impact investment firm, puts out a scorecard each year assessing companies’ commitments to gender and racial pay equity and transparency.
—WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
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Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
The usual suspects dominated the top of the Journal’s scorecard, including locals MIT (2) and Harvard (6).
—Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
The company finished dead last in the 2020 scorecard.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2023
However, the state ranks only 29th out of 50 states in the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s annual efficiency scorecard.
—Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, Forbes, 16 July 2023
In its most recent scorecard, published in June, X ranked in last place among the major social media platforms.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2023
In a scorecard released to help voters choose their delegate and Senate candidates in next month’s election, the conservative Institute for Legislative Analysis graded Youngkin as a centrist on average.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2023
Scott’s losing scorecard In July 2018, following a disastrous bowl season for the Pac-12, Scott addressed reporters and brushed aside the results on the field.
—Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
Arjuna Capital, a social impact investment firm, puts out a scorecard each year assessing companies’ commitments to gender and racial pay equity and transparency.
—WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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scorecard
noun
score·card
-ˌkärd
: a card for recording the score (as of a game)
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