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[greyd] / greɪd /




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“I had this idea for a restaurant that focused on just that, and when I put it into a business plan in college, it actually got the lowest grade in the class,” he said.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

In the seventh grade, he started working with a personal receivers coach, David Robinson of D-Rob Sports & Fitness Training.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

If you do buy from Amazon, I recommend products with a “Renewed Premium” grade.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

We’re continuing to see high demand around pre-issuance hedging particularly from investment grade issuers, partly driven by these market movements.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

But Jonah was in seventh grade now, and seventh graders didn’t talk about cooties.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

She worked to improve her grades to apply for colleges on the mainland.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Schools and colleges will distribute grades in person, but from 11:00 BST pupils at more than 750 schools in England will also be able to see their grades on their phones.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Current tuition for grades six through 12 runs $58,788 a year for the 2026-2027 school year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive GCSE, BTecs and other Level 2 results on Thursday, with some grades in England available through an app that is rolling out for the first time.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

He remembered trying to keep his grades up so that they wouldn’t argue over his academics when they were all living together.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

National 2, National 3, and National 4 courses are not graded - the units that make up these courses are assessed as pass or fail.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

If graded on a curve for performance this year, financial stocks would still barely receive a passing grade.

From MarketWatch Aug. 2, 2026

In Germany, where Chancellor Friedrich Merz supports restricting or even banning social media for children, an expert commission has proposed two options: a ban graded by age or platform-specific restrictions.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

When George Naylor delivers his truckload of corn, it is weighed and graded and his account is credited with that day’s price per bushel.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

You might say that’s mawkish, or that I’m grading on a curve for a first-time filmmaker.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

About 100 health visitors at Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board have been on strike since February in a row over job grading, saying they are losing up to £9,000 a year as a result.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

But the standard ratio is near enough to its recent high that the computer analysis programs are not grading it as a buy signal.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

Thompson didn’t raise the issue to the company because he said it was months before he understood from the grading services the true value of the coins.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Mr. Miller is grading papers at his desk.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman




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