Example Sentences

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Of course, at the end of the day, we are grading noodles prepared in plastic-foam cups.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2021

In addition to Florida and Indiana, other states that are grading schools on an A-to-F scale include Arizona, Alabama, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah, as well as New York City.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2013

I don't know who these guys are who are grading me.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2012

The so-called credit support, or protection against losses, for the senior class is 8.25 percent and Fitch Ratings and Kroll Bond Ratings are grading the deal, the person said.

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 12, 2012

But even here the existence of a type of cruiser designed to act with flotillas blurs the outline, while, as we have seen, the larger units of the flotilla are grading up to cruiser level.

From Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)