Example Sentences

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Grading returned to pre-pandemic standards in Wales and Northern Ireland last year.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

While 25 of those cards exist, that one received a 10 from the Beckett Grading Service.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025

Grading his play, Djokovic said he found he was “kind of going up and down” in the second set, but didn’t give his opponent “too much chance to breathe” in the third.

From Washington Times • Jan. 17, 2023

Grading is the most onerous part of college instruction on the best of days—and losing any modicum of control over when assignments come in is chaotic and deeply disrespectful of an instructor’s already-crunched time.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2022

Grading, by the way, is also something that makes it hard to read Shakespeare.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt