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rubric

[roo-brik] / ˈru brɪk /


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Situations that get bundled together under this rubric include airlines cutting flights, Asian governments requiring home-working to save fuel, rising EV sales and high energy costs sapping overall economic activity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

“It’s about transparency. It’s objectivity. It’s being able to identify the conflicts of interest, mitigate or eliminate the ones that are substantial, and then disclose—because our federal securities rubric is a disclosure-based regime,” Dahiya says.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

And the final, most important question in the rubric is also its most basic: “Is the shark movie genuinely frightening?”

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2025

Crunchiness and containerization offer a retreat into aesthetics, as well as a rubric for manifesting safety and security in an insecure time.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2025

Take a moment to read the rubric below and see where you fit in.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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