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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
More than two and a half decades later, Miller has attached that rubric of national emergency to a new target, turning the council into a daily war room to track and fine-tune Trump’s campaign to deport 1 million people a year.
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Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
Under this rubric, the latest deal, Washington would argue, is just par for the course with regard to its support.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 5 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
Under this rubric, the latest deal, Washington would argue, is just par for the course with regard to its support.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 5 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubric
Noun
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The leadership group has also retained several familiar faces to help defend the NFC South division title during the upcoming season.—
Mike Kaye
March 26,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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Continuing under the leadership of head coach David Carle, the Pios have a chance to win the eleventh title in program history.—
Jack Lowenstein,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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The tide, however, has turned around since 2024 after former ECB President Mario Draghi’s report for the European Commission, which argued that Europe’s economy is being held back by outdated competition rules.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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But the dispute is ultimately about more than one primary, one Senate rule, or one piece of legislation.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The best lead in a dramatic movie category has nominations for Grace Glowicki for Honey Bunch, Jasmin Geljo for Cat’s Cry, Noah Parker for Who By Fire and Theresia Kappianaq for Wrong Husband, among others.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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Cities were graded in 12 categories.—
Steve Metsch,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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The photo captions have also been updated to clarify that the program is funded in part, not solely, by Lyda Hill Philanthropies.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Instagram’s lack of caption linking has led people to use third-party services like Linktree, which allow creators to add external links in their bios.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
13 Mar. 2026
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However, these systems and traditions were disrupted by the slave trade.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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But my favorite way to buck the charoset-tradition is actually to not make it at all.—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Texas Tech, meanwhile, lost star JT Toppin a month ago and seems to be feeling the effects, dropping three straight heading into this game.—
Steve Kornacki,
NBC news,
18 Mar. 2026
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Currently, Republican lawmakers are calling for the passage of laws that would ban weather modification, placing all kinds of ordinary scientific experimentation under that scary-sounding heading.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2026
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Christgau may indeed be one of the last of his kind — hopefully this won’t be my last review.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Mar. 2026
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Claimed to be the world’s first of its kind, the trial involved Oceanus12 USV and Teledyne Slocum Glider.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Mar. 2026
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The essay moves between memoir, medical history, academic citations and media headlines.—
Amanda Marton Ramaciotti,
The Dial,
19 Mar. 2026
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News of the incident first made headlines earlier this week when Paul’s other hit show, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, paused filming for season five amid the situation.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Rubric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubric. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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