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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This comes as the rest of the high-grade corporate bond market has held up better.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
That compares with a high-grade corporate spread of about 80 basis points for the ICE BofA US Corporate Index, up from about 73 basis points in June.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Only a third of the masks in England's pandemic stockpile were usable, the inquiry found, while Scotland had no supplies of high-grade respiratory masks used in hospitals.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
KoBold probed deeper underground than others had looked and discovered a vast deposit of high-grade copper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
If a high-grade sugar, or even yellow clarified sugar is to be made, this work should receive still greater attention.
From The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 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 Wilson, Harry Leon
Could it possibly be high-graded, in spite of all the testimony to the contrary?
From Wunpost by Coolidge, Dane
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
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.
"You're high-grading and you should be using a flotation process."
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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