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as in rates
degree of excellence
only motor oil of the highest grade for his fancy sports car
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as in types
one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic
there are various grades of wool to consider when selecting a fabric
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as in standards
something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared
that painting just doesn't make the grade
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as in slopes
the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon
the hill rises at a seven percent grade
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as in ranks
to arrange or assign according to type
grade these apples "extra fancy" and those "fancy"
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as in is
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes
believe it or not, that music grades pretty high with young teens
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Recent Examples of grades
MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Fuel comes in different grades based on octane level at gas stations.
—Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
Alaa and other volunteers within the camp instruct children from grades one through 10.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
Students take the reading and math MCA tests in third through eighth grades and once in high school.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
Aware of the intense competition to get into medical school, Sasvin, the first in her family to go to college, made sure to keep her grades high — and her efforts paid off.
—Nicole Gregory, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
On the flip side, Grace and Autumn can earn rewards for good grades and positive behavior.
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Reviews on Google reveal a proponderance of negative grades, with complaints about the smell, the cleanliness, the noise and — in one case — a dead rat in the room.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
Entering this year’s draft, none of the tackle prospects earned grades as high as Alt’s from the analysts connected to NFL teams.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
With the final stretch coming up in September, here's how FanGraphs grades each team's chances for postseason seeding.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The roster will continuously be tinkered with, but this appears to be the starting point for 2025, and here is how the Miami Herald grades each unit.
—Omar Kelly
august 26, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
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Her perfect attendance record crumbled with her grades.
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Jackson Merrill grades out as above average as a hitter, defender and baserunner, though not to the same extent as Tatis.
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The probe is still in its early stages, the report said.—
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Helleson was paired with his buddy since the nascent stages of elementary school, LaCombe, presumably with Helleson being the stay-at-home partner for the Ducks’ leading scorer from the blue line last year.—
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Mortgage rates barely budged to start this week, according to a separate survey from Mortgage News Daily, as there were no major economic reports to influence the bond market.—
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The figures capture the start of a recent slide in mortgage rates, that now stand at the lowest level in a year.—
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Roundabouts help eliminate the types of crashes more likely to cause serious injuries or death.—
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Nonprofits that lose their status would face severe fallout, losing tax breaks on donations and gifts, and becoming ineligible for many types of fundraising and grants.—
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According to the Oklahoman, part of the USA TODAY Network, under Walters' watch, the state's Department of Education developed new social studies academic standards that included multiple mentions of Christianity along with discredited theories about the 2020 presidential election.—
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Elwes athletic grace and dashing good looks are up to heroic standards.—
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The result is that the locomotives have extreme traction even on steep slopes, where conventional wheels on rails would slip backward.—
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Groups like the Indiana Forest Alliance and Friends of Lake Monroe have argued that cutting, spraying and burning on the steep slopes in the project area could lead to pollution runoff into the nearby South Fork Salt Creek watershed, which flows into Lake Monroe.—
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Germany ranks second to the United States in the list of nations who have contributed the most aid, both military and financial, to Ukraine since the war began.—
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As a state, Kentucky ranks 42nd for teacher pay with an average salary of $58,300, according to the National Education Association.—
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If there is a shutdown, federal workers will not be paid, and federal buildings will close as Congress works to pass a deal to reopen the shuttered government.—
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There is a specific subcategory of magic romance books deal gently with death, that thing that is as much a part of love and life as any amount of comedy, tropes and beats.—
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Turning Point is an American conservative organization with chapters at over 2,000 colleges nationwide and has received a flood of support and requests for new chapters in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, amid the backdrop of rising fears of political violence in the USA.—
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That's never been more obvious than when the Opry has gone on during some of Nashville's most difficult chapters, including when the Opry House flooded in 2010 and when the pandemic put the kibosh on live audiences.—
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“Grades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grades. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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