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as in title
a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize
the rubrics at the beginning of the chapters are intended to be humorous
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as in rule
an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing
the rubric, popular among jewelers anyway, that a man should spend a month's salary on his fiancée's engagement ring
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as in category
one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic
all of these books with their conspiracy theories fall under the rubric of speculative fiction
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Recent Examples of rubric
Under the new system, one of those readers is the AI model, which has been trained on past applicant essays and the rubric for scoring, Espinoza said.
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Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
That same rubric will drive its move into Spinnova fiber, which will show up in future collections.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 11 Dec. 2025
The teaching assistant said the essay lacked empirical evidence, which was not a requirement in the grading rubric, which cited three criteria for grading.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 2025
In Colorado, pretrial detention recommendations are made using a rigid scoring rubric.
—Kaitlyn M. Sims, The Conversation, 2 Dec. 2025
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Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
That same rubric will drive its move into Spinnova fiber, which will show up in future collections.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 11 Dec. 2025
The teaching assistant said the essay lacked empirical evidence, which was not a requirement in the grading rubric, which cited three criteria for grading.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 2025
In Colorado, pretrial detention recommendations are made using a rigid scoring rubric.
—Kaitlyn M. Sims, The Conversation, 2 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubric
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But despite speculation in South Korea about her potential grooming as a successor, no new official titles were announced as the once-in-five-years ruling party congress wrapped.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
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In their new lawsuit, Mamás de DPS accuses the district of using a nonprofit called Denver School Facilities Leasing Corporation to obtain titles and mortgages for 33 school buildings.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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States depend on the money for recovery and mitigation, but over $14 billion had been stalled amid strict Homeland Security spending rules.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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The broadcast signal remains governed by mid-20th century assumptions, while the digital ecosystem operates under an entirely different set of rules.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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With a $80K base price – the new normal in this SUV category – the 2026 Nissan Armada is ready to ride.—
Marc D. Grasso,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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The film picked up two Academy Award nominations, for Wiig and Mumolo's screenplay, and for McCarthy's supporting performance, but lost in both categories.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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His videos pull in tight on his face to underline an expression and deploy strange fonts so that an Instagram Reel’s usually soulless captions instead help to bolster and magnify his material.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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All of the information about this reward is in the caption below.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2026
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Also a tradition among the members of the Catholic church during Lent, fish fries are a weekly meal enjoyed on Fridays during the lenten season while participants abstain from meat.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2026
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Another State of the Union tradition is for the party opposite of the president’s to give a response to the address.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
23 Feb. 2026
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The Galaxy’s away goal in the first leg gave them the tiebreaker heading into Wednesday’s second leg.—
Damian Calhoun,
Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Winter weather possible early next week in Maryland Our weather turns very active heading into next week.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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The Aspen Classic, which each June since 1983 has brought hundreds of wineries and up to 5,000 visitors to that Colorado ski town, is considered the premier event of its kind by many wine aficionados - bringing in top winemakers, superstar chefs, even Hollywood celebs.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Lindner family released a statement following the death of Christopher Lindner, describing him as a loving, kind, Christ Jesus follower, husband, and father of four who had suffered from mental illness.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
20 Feb. 2026
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Rahman made headlines in January this year after a video of federal agents forcibly removing her from her car amid an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis went viral.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
26 Feb. 2026
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Florida first lady Casey DeSantis made national headlines this month for her health initiative’s discovery of trace amounts of the weed killer glyphosate in popular supermarket breads.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Rubric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubric. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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