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[grayd] / greɪd /




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That led to a change in how Ofsted assessed schools, bringing in report cards designed to grade schools on several areas, rather than focusing on one overall grade.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Catalans Dragons and Hull FC are ninth and 10th, but both have fallen from an A to a B grade.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

EA also sought a score from Fitch Ratings, which initially said it expected a high-quality grade for the bonds before saying in June that it wouldn’t deliver a final rating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

"If I were to give them a grade, it would be an F," Ryu Seung-min, president of the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee, said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

That’s what Mrs. Schultz, the teacher Celia and I both had for first grade, used to say.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Aramco also slashed November prices for its heavier crude grades sold to Asia by $5 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Prices for grades sold to Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean were, instead, raised by $3 a barrel, while prices to U.S. customers were left unchanged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

We also would have to administer a standardized test in certain grades, if we were going to open an actual school, and maintain annual records about student attendance and immunizations.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

By the end of the school year, Scott’s grades were tanking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But she adds, “Since hip-hop is poetry, your grades should never drop again.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

Overall, 26 clubs were graded on this system,, external split into three categories, A, B and C.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. insurers have around $40 billion of debt investments on their books that Egan-Jones has privately graded.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The bill only applies to specific developments, including those that are proposed on an graded infill site and those that pay construction workers a prevailing wage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Ultimately, of course, the CEO’s effectiveness will be graded by the market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

They were, he guessed, single travellers graded and placed there by the unerring judgment of the restaurant attendants.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

But audiences were no kinder than critics, grading “Digger” a C+ on opening night, per CinemaScore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Only two years ago, they were winning the Championship play-off final before their place in Super League was confirmed by the IMG grading system, having been relegated in 2023.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

It has committed to implement a new pay and grading structure from April 2027.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Postproduction covers anything that happens in the final stages of filmmaking, including specialties like sound design and color grading.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

It also didn’t help that Mrs. Baker kept wiping at her eyes during her grading.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt




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