making the grade
Example Sentences
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Many of the new additions have a food theme, with Lorne sausage, morning rolls and playpiece also making the grade.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025
Ava isn’t making the grade either as a realtor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2023
These days, even partners with strong legal skills and a few clients aren’t making the grade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2016
It garnered 101 nominations, just 17 short of making the grade.
From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2016
It had slowed up some making the grade, and while they watched it what should dart out from a bunch of scrub oak but the active figure of Wilfred Lennox.
From Somewhere in Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon
