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
His hard-line approach has contributed to his low legislative scorecard among major unions – Hawley has a lifetime score of 12% with the AFL-CIO and an 18% with the CWA, in large part because of his votes against either nominees or large pieces of legislation the groups support.
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Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
The collapse of her bipartisan border security bill unceremoniously ended her hopes of adding a deal on perhaps the most difficult issue in congressional politics to her legislative scorecard.
—Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2024
Here’s a current scorecard of the local measures: A countywide half-cent sales tax for regional transportation projects is on the fall ballot.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
The scorecard singles out these two districts for exceeding national trends in education recovery and highlights their strategic, innovative, and effective initiatives to achieve such impressive outcomes.
—Raymond Pierce, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Employees who make the most suggestions and whose suggestions get converted into sales receive cash bonuses based on a scorecard generated by Hoptix's AI system.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
That June, Burke won the P.G.A. championship, defeating Ted Kroll, at the Blue Hill Country Club in Canton, Mass., in match-play format, which is based on holes won in a head-to-head contest and not the number of strokes on a scorecard.
—Frank Litsky, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
The advocacy group California Environmental Voters, known for its scorecards grading politicians, hasn’t endorsed in the Senate primary.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
The business world is a battlefield, and profit margins are the scorecards.
—Stephen Nalley, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
The collapse of her bipartisan border security bill unceremoniously ended her hopes of adding a deal on perhaps the most difficult issue in congressional politics to her legislative scorecard.
—Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2024
Here’s a current scorecard of the local measures: A countywide half-cent sales tax for regional transportation projects is on the fall ballot.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
The scorecard singles out these two districts for exceeding national trends in education recovery and highlights their strategic, innovative, and effective initiatives to achieve such impressive outcomes.
—Raymond Pierce, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Employees who make the most suggestions and whose suggestions get converted into sales receive cash bonuses based on a scorecard generated by Hoptix's AI system.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
That June, Burke won the P.G.A. championship, defeating Ted Kroll, at the Blue Hill Country Club in Canton, Mass., in match-play format, which is based on holes won in a head-to-head contest and not the number of strokes on a scorecard.
—Frank Litsky, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
The advocacy group California Environmental Voters, known for its scorecards grading politicians, hasn’t endorsed in the Senate primary.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
The business world is a battlefield, and profit margins are the scorecards.
—Stephen Nalley, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Scorecard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scorecard. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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scorecard
noun
score·card
-ˌkärd
: a card for recording the score (as of a game)
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