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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
For many, the rubric of success wasn’t the quality of Kendrick’s performance but the effectiveness of his message.
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
By that same rubric, Celebrini’s and Hutson’s Net Ratings land in the 65th percentile among skaters.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
Under that rubric, preferring Sanders to Biden, in 2020, and Trump to Harris, in 2024, makes sense.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
The series takes the indelible line about the great responsibility that comes with great power and uses it to compare Spider-Man’s idealistic Boy Scout altruism to the goals of other characters who are good guys in their own minds, if not within the moral rubric of the show.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
By that same rubric, Celebrini’s and Hutson’s Net Ratings land in the 65th percentile among skaters.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
Under that rubric, preferring Sanders to Biden, in 2020, and Trump to Harris, in 2024, makes sense.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
The series takes the indelible line about the great responsibility that comes with great power and uses it to compare Spider-Man’s idealistic Boy Scout altruism to the goals of other characters who are good guys in their own minds, if not within the moral rubric of the show.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubric
Noun
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That race clinched Schumacher the 2001 drivers’s championship and Ferrari the constructors’s championship, which was the first back-to-back title in the team’s history.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
3 Apr. 2025
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Contending for a title is the name of the game at Madison Square Garden, and the road to a title contention will undoubtedly run through Cleveland, home to the East’s No. 1-seeded Cavaliers.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Dunne’s Back-Pay Argument Dunne committed to LSU in 2017, four years before the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Interim rules went into effect.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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This is meant as a general breakdown of the process and not a rule for each individual's circumstances.—
Alyson Hurt,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2025
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For instance, the international feature category currently honors the submitting country, not the director — even though the director’s name is engraved on the Oscar statuette.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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The category’s inaugural Oscar will be given out in 2028 at the 100th Academy Awards, honoring films released in 2027.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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TikTok users also posted the caption over videos of The Eras Tour, Buc-ees and Barnes & Noble, to name a few.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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The caption of the video spills all the secret ingredients: topped with cream cheese frosting and filled with chili crisp, pickled jalapeño, creme fraiche, and lap cheong (or Chinese sausage).—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Trader Joe’s has a longstanding tradition of offering reusable canvas shopping bags, which began in 1977.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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But for Shawn Amos, son of legendary entrepreneur Wally Amos—the founder of Famous Amos cookies—baking wasn’t just a family tradition.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
9 Apr. 2025
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According to one Senate Republican, the mood of the GOP conference on the topic was anything but over-joyous heading into Wednesday’s big announcement.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
3 Apr. 2025
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The order does not explicitly call out PII or genetic information under that heading.—
Abigail Dubiniecki,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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They’re elevated off the ground and deep enough to grow flowers or veggies of all kinds.—
Christopher Murray,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Thanks to President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on the country, that success story might be the last of its kind, for a while at least.—
Angela Watercutter,
Wired News,
10 Apr. 2025
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OneTaste in its heyday was a titillating blend of San Francisco’s counterculture and its tech boom — a wellness startup that made headlines by advocating female empowerment through orgasm.—
Devlin Barrett,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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There’s no giant leap for Siri, which made its own headlines recently.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Rubric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubric. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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