gradation

Example Sentences

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“It’s absolutely gorgeous the way you overlapped the strands so skillfully. The gradation is flawless.”

From Literature

"By squeezing -- silencing the noise -- you effectively use quantum mechanical interactions to 'squish' that meter stick, effectively creating finer gradations and allowing you to measure smaller things more precisely."

From Science Daily

There are gradations of difference, and there are tipping points that you cross.

From Salon

Lacorazza’s movie is one of gradations, the daughters in the later chapters subtly carrying the cumulative disappointment and stubborn love these woman still harbor for their flawed father.

From Los Angeles Times

The movie does not go where you think it will, or pay close attention to the gradations of Samet’s dangerous misjudgments at the expense of a larger narrative.

From Seattle Times