Examples of grader in a Sentence
Her students say that she's a tough grader.
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While Dutra will graduate in a few months, the decision would directly affect his younger sister, a first grader at the school.
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Da Lin, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Reading comprehension among California’s fourth-graders ranked 37th among the states in the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress testing, for instance, with just 29% showing proficiency, down 2 percentage points from 2022.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
Timothee, a 10th grader at Manhattan Village Academy in the Flatiron District, had everything going for him.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
Mattis said Trump understood about as much as a sixth grader.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
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Da Lin, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Reading comprehension among California’s fourth-graders ranked 37th among the states in the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress testing, for instance, with just 29% showing proficiency, down 2 percentage points from 2022.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
Timothee, a 10th grader at Manhattan Village Academy in the Flatiron District, had everything going for him.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
Mattis said Trump understood about as much as a sixth grader.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Grader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grader. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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grader
noun
grad·er
ˈgrād-ər 
1
: one that grades
2
: a machine for leveling earth
3
: a pupil in a school grade
a group of sixth graders
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