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Graded and paved, bought and sold, it bears little likeness to Tovaangar, the home for the first people who, for thousands of years, walked its valleys and chaparral-clad basins and paddled its broad shorelines.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

As part of the third phase of its Graded Response Action Plan to combat effects of increased pollution, a central pollution control panel ordered an immediate ban on non-essential construction work in the city.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2023

Graded cards often fetch more money because they’ve been inspected and rated using a standardized system.

From The Verge • May 2, 2022

In additon to the Haskell, the card also included four other Graded stakes races, and jockey Joel Rosario dominated the three Grade 3 stakes.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2021

In making the General Index and the Graded Index the Editors have remembered that these are for use, not to fill space.

From Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk by Wheeler, Daniel Edwin