high-grade
Americanadjective
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of excellent or superior quality.
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(of ore) yielding a relatively large amount of the metal for which it is mined.
verb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of high-grade
First recorded in 1875–80
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“The current backdrop of very tight corporate bond spreads is not all that abnormal in the context of the higher level of yields,” says Nathaniel Rosenbaum, head of U.S. high-grade credit strategy at JPMorgan Chase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Another 2026 case involved a patient with high-grade B-cell lymphoma and a complement-binding anti-ANWj autoantibody.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Amid ongoing concerns, district officials have assured parents schools are safe, campuses have been sanitized and high-grade air filters installed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
From there, he was diagnosed with high-grade bladder cancer and cancer in his right kidney.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The very condition and upkeep of the vehicles of a high-grade department-store show this.
From The Romance of a Great Store by Edward Hungerford
Could it possibly be high-graded, in spite of all the testimony to the contrary?
From Wunpost by Dane Coolidge
Jake sees it plain enough, that the lad thinks he's been high-graded, so he calls over our waiter and crowds all five watches onto him.
From Somewhere in Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson
Some high-grading for jumbos; largest 17" cutthroat and 18" rainbow.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2010
He used to smoke his pipe and watch the little woman and Babe go "high-grading" along the tunnel wall.
From Casey Ryan by B. M. Bower
"You're high-grading and you should be using a flotation process."
From The Great Gray Plague by Raymond F. Jones
I thought maybe you had been doing a little high-grading or had been up there and sneaked away some of the ore for a salting proposition.
From The Cross-Cut by Courtney Ryley Cooper
"No—I 'll give you my word I have n't been high-grading," he said at last.
From The Cross-Cut by Courtney Ryley Cooper
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