Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

It grew steadily in the 2010s, in part because of new third-party authentication companies like Beckett Grading Services and Professional Sports Authenticator, which give buyers confidence they are getting the real deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

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