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as in type
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 standard
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 slope
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 to rank
to arrange or assign according to type
grade these apples "extra fancy" and those "fancy"
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as in to be
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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as in hybrid
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Recent Examples of grade
Mike Winters,lauren Shamo, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
While Perseverance and its predecessors, Curiosity and Opportunity, have all climbed 20-degree inclines before, NASA said this is the first time one of its rovers traveled that steep a grade on such a slippery surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024
In diamond producing countries such as Botswana and Namibia in Africa the focus on the biggest gems could become a political issued as high grading inevitably leads to shorter mine life.
—Tim Treadgold, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Jess Grey, Wired, 11 Oct. 2021
For her part, Ms. Bird draws a distinction between picture books that are read to children, and mid-grade books that children often choose themselves.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2023
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Courtesy of Anna-Marie Ortiz When Ortiz was in fourth grade, the family moved from Wichita to an 80-acre farm near Kingman, Kansas.
—Mike Winters,lauren Shamo, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
While Perseverance and its predecessors, Curiosity and Opportunity, have all climbed 20-degree inclines before, NASA said this is the first time one of its rovers traveled that steep a grade on such a slippery surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
Excavation and grading the landfill is expected to take about 17 months and then adding the cap and permanent fencing around the landfill will take another 10 months.
—Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024
In diamond producing countries such as Botswana and Namibia in Africa the focus on the biggest gems could become a political issued as high grading inevitably leads to shorter mine life.
—Tim Treadgold, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Adjective
It’s packed with pro-grade features, and it’s built to last.
—Jess Grey, Wired, 11 Oct. 2021
For her part, Ms. Bird draws a distinction between picture books that are read to children, and mid-grade books that children often choose themselves.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grade
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Two to 6 inches of snow is forecast at Sierra Nevada passes, the National Weather Service said.Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Metro drivers can expect a difficult evening commute as the heaviest snow will start falling around noon and will continue to fall at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour into the evening.Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2024
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WalletHub compared proprietary user data from Q2 2024 with data from Q3 2024 to see the states where auto loan interest rates increased the most and the least.Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2024
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Today, below market rate housing programs offer permanent housing to low-income households at the organization’s Cupertino location, while the onsite food market and Park-It Market mobile food pantry provide food to WVCS clients.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Companies providing this technology for use outside health-care settings aren’t bound by those same privacy regulations or ethical standards.Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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The findings would help hold countries with less stringent standards accountable for their emissions output.Evan Clark, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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Aspen’s swath of five-star resorts, boutique hotels, and world-famous ski and snowboarding slopes make for a winter wonderland that keeps giving even after the holidays (and well into spring).Will Porter, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
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Full load on steep slopes almost seems to hint at a dirt bike, but surely an 890cc V-twin in the slippery stuff would simply become unmanageable.Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The San Joaquin Valley, with just 39 primary care docs per 100,000 population, ranks just ahead of the Inland Empire, with 35 per 100,000, as areas of acute physician shortage.Sally C. Pipes, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Trump's combination of tariffs and tax cuts — including cutting the corporate tax rate to 15% from its current 21% — would rank as the sixth-biggest tax cut since 1940, according to a recent Tax Foundation analysis.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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And there are no pockets—a design that helps the jacket fit into a pocket.The Editors, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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But the court also stated that there were triable issues of fact with regard to the duration of the bite.Jason Green, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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While quantum computing is not yet capable of solving large-scale problems independently, hybrid models—where quantum systems work in tandem with classical computing—can deliver significant performance boosts in specific areas, such as optimization and simulation.Yuval Boger, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Karma’s hybrid super sedan is about to get a big power boost.Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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But that chapter, written before a July Supreme Court ruling that suggested Florida and Texas laws regulating content moderation flunk First Amendment scrutiny, also notes that Carr met some conservative pushback on that idea from his own Project 2025 collaborators.Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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Even so, there’s a tiredness to the closing chapter of the WTA Finals and ATP Finals that organisers might do well to note.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Grade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grade. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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