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  • plural of grade.
  • present tense form of grade (3rd person singular).

grades

NOUN
grade point average
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Kenneth Lowande, a former Michigan political science professor who left for Rice University, said he didn’t think the new policy would make much of a difference because grade inflation had made grades largely irrelevant.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

They have been asked to provide an equivalency assessment of their grades -- one they cannot possibly meet because, he said, "there are no functioning ministries or institutions" in Gaza.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

The upper grades are moving in from another location, and about 600 new admits won a lottery that had close to 3,500 applications.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

One tool, she said, grades CVs from A to D, encouraging recruiters to prioritise higher-ranked candidates.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

The Tazewell County School was a two-story brick building, with the principal’s office and grades one through five on the ground floor, and grades six and seven, plus the high school upstairs.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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