degree
noun
any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale.
degrees
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pluralof degree.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"The only corals we have here now are the ones who survived this 38, 39 degrees."
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Godwin pointed to the blades in a jet turbine, each one a perfect crystal made of an advanced metal alloy that can withstand 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
She believes Scotland's latitude – sitting 57 degrees north - will always be a bar to having a year-round crop like those countries close to the equator.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The track hoe operator repeatedly spun the machine to the west, dug into a mound of sand, spun 180 degrees and dropped the sand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
Spending two months in Sweden in the middle of winter, Bobby found the weather less cold than he’d thought it would be: Temperatures remained close to fifty degrees Fahrenheit.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
