high-grade
Americanadjective
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of excellent or superior quality.
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(of ore) yielding a relatively large amount of the metal for which it is mined.
verb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of high-grade
First recorded in 1875–80
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Meteoric Executive Chair Andrew Tunks said Caldeira is “an orebody that is high-grade, highly recoverable, low in capital intensity, low in operating cost, and highly scalable.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Over the near term, we expect supply to fall off, unless someone has to borrow,” said Matt Brill, head of North America investment-grade credit at Invesco, of new high-grade bond issuance.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Another 2026 case involved a patient with high-grade B-cell lymphoma and a complement-binding anti-ANWj autoantibody.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Amid ongoing concerns, district officials have assured parents schools are safe, campuses have been sanitized and high-grade air filters installed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
There are numerous high-grade schools, musical and other learned societies and excellent hospitals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
Jake sees it plain enough, that the lad thinks he's been high-graded, so he calls over our waiter and crowds all five watches onto him.
From Somewhere in Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson
Could it possibly be high-graded, in spite of all the testimony to the contrary?
From Wunpost by Dane Coolidge
Some high-grading for jumbos; largest 17" cutthroat and 18" rainbow.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2010
"No—I 'll give you my word I have n't been high-grading," he said at last.
From The Cross-Cut by Courtney Ryley Cooper
He had to be shown that high-grading was costing him the very thing he was trying to find.
From The Great Gray Plague by Raymond F. Jones
I thought maybe you had been doing a little high-grading or had been up there and sneaked away some of the ore for a salting proposition.
From The Cross-Cut by Courtney Ryley Cooper
"You're high-grading and you should be using a flotation process."
From The Great Gray Plague by Raymond F. Jones
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