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)
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of high-grade
First recorded in 1875–80
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“There is a growing feeling amongst the investor community that perhaps these higher yields might be here to stay,” says Nathaniel Rosenbaum, JPMorgan Chase head of U.S. high-grade credit strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Following tests, Romero is now expected to miss up to eight weeks with a high-grade partial tear of his medial cruciate ligament.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
Hardie has a reputation as a high-grade tactician and shot maker, while McMillan and Lammie are credited with reinventing the role of a sweeper.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
Hyperscalers issued over $120 billion in high-grade bonds last year, a sevenfold increase from the previous year, to fund AI infrastructure.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
"General Jackson! it's bad enough when a blame cowboy outfit comes down on one like the locusts and cleans everything up, but it's worse just when I'm trying to fix a special high-grade meal."
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Bindloss, Harold
Could it possibly be high-graded, in spite of all the testimony to the contrary?
From Wunpost by Coolidge, Dane
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 Wilson, Harry Leon
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 Cooper, Courtney Ryley
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 Cooper, Courtney Ryley
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 Jones, Raymond F.
He used to smoke his pipe and watch the little woman and Babe go "high-grading" along the tunnel wall.
From Casey Ryan by Bower, B. M.
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