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as in titles
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 rules
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 categories
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 rubrics
Students create portfolios at the end of each unit, which are assessed on common core standards, historical and cultural frameworks, and school-specific rubrics developed by Miss Major Middle.
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Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
27 June 2026
Teacher performance should also be measured using more than just test scores, such as instructional practice rubrics, structured classroom observations to assess a teacher’s ability to build positive classroom learning environments, and student feedback.
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Mercury News Editorial Board,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
And when those dots don’t connect, supervisors default to generic coaching—empathy training, one-size-fits-all rubrics, refresher courses and broad group sessions that aren’t tied to what’s actually happening on the floor.
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Brian Tuite,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Across the hall, the experts at PCLabs are painstakingly testing them, using clear and transparent rubrics to rate them on a five-point scale.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
University officials said students in classes taught by striking professors should adhere to their class rubrics and check their emails for updates.
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Jack O'Connor,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
Once hired, contractors evaluate how well their AI system completes micro-tasks — such as writing a financial memo or drafting a legal brief — using detailed rubrics to grade the AI’s performance.
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Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
13 Jan. 2026
But the other rubrics aren’t kind to Jones, either.
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Kansas City Star,
10 Oct. 2025
These are essentially risk assessment rubrics that aim to measure an AI model's capabilities and define the point at which its behavior becomes dangerous in areas like cybersecurity or biosciences.
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Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
27 June 2026
Teacher performance should also be measured using more than just test scores, such as instructional practice rubrics, structured classroom observations to assess a teacher’s ability to build positive classroom learning environments, and student feedback.
—
Mercury News Editorial Board,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
And when those dots don’t connect, supervisors default to generic coaching—empathy training, one-size-fits-all rubrics, refresher courses and broad group sessions that aren’t tied to what’s actually happening on the floor.
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Brian Tuite,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Across the hall, the experts at PCLabs are painstakingly testing them, using clear and transparent rubrics to rate them on a five-point scale.
—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
University officials said students in classes taught by striking professors should adhere to their class rubrics and check their emails for updates.
—
Jack O'Connor,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
Once hired, contractors evaluate how well their AI system completes micro-tasks — such as writing a financial memo or drafting a legal brief — using detailed rubrics to grade the AI’s performance.
—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
13 Jan. 2026
But the other rubrics aren’t kind to Jones, either.
—
Kansas City Star,
10 Oct. 2025
These are essentially risk assessment rubrics that aim to measure an AI model's capabilities and define the point at which its behavior becomes dangerous in areas like cybersecurity or biosciences.
—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubrics
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James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh led the Heat to two NBA titles and four Finals appearances in their four years together (2010 through 2014) before James left in free agency to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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In addition to the three World Series titles, the Dodgers have won five NL pennants and nine division titles under Roberts.
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First, President Dillon asked for existing data centers to be grandfathered in the ordinance, meaning operating data centers can expand without following these rules.
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Under federal rules, if a complaint about an infant formula — such as a report of an adverse event — shows a possible health hazard, the company must investigate.
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The four-day contest is a major event on the barbecue competition circuit, with more than $190,000 in prizes across categories like beef, exotics (like alligator, or emu, for instance), wings, and sauce.
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The report also highlighted improvements in clearance rates and an overall decrease in major crime categories, including robberies.
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Instead of streamlining, companies simply used generic headings to bucket their existing legal boilerplate.
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To work around this, LLM hackers turned to markup language, which, among other things, allows users to add formatting elements such as headings, lists, and links to text without the need for HTML tags.
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Each exchange led to a conversation about how their traditions and lives differed.
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Andronis describes the restaurant as a traditional Greek taverna set against the caldera cliffs, blending Greek traditions with Santorini’s romance and exclusivity.
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Once open, the program will provide transitional housing and on-site services to people who are chronically homeless and struggling with drug addiction, mental health or all types of disabilities.
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But the total tally obscures how there were basically two types of Davis residents, those living close to the project and those living elsewhere in town.
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One of the more obvious storytelling choices in Weapon X is the lack of narrative captions.
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Later, read the captions aloud together like a comic strip.
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The values imparted to me throughout my public school education — equal opportunity, impartial justice, respect for expertise, basic honesty — have been abandoned by a new breed of politician that has turned governance itself into a blood sport.
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Companies with larger market cap values, such as the top 25 listed below, generally tend to by more stable, while smaller companies can offer higher volatility, but greater growth potential.
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“Rubrics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubrics. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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