How to Use degree in a Sentence

degree

noun
  • These trees will thrive, to a greater or lesser degree, in a number of climates.
  • There are 360 degrees in a circle.
  • Both Iran and the US, to a degree, are buying in to it.
    Nic Robertson, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Here's why Is Phoenix about to hit 100 degrees for the first time this year?
    Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
  • At the same time, the share of adults with a college degree rose from 27% to more than 56%.
    Dan Immergluck, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2023
  • At the same time, the share of adults with a college degree rose from 27% to more than 56%.
    Dan Immergluck, The Conversation, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Now the third-degree felony charge is dismissed, and so is the threat of up to 10 years in prison.
    Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Jones, 48, was found guilty of two counts of third-degree rape.
    Jim Mustian, ajc, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Is there any man who would elevate them to the degree of the white man?
    Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • She is being held in the Broward Main Jail on one count of murder in the first degree.
    Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2022
  • The third-degree felony charge was dismissed this week.
    Mark Rosner, ajc, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Your butt should be up against the wall so that your body is at a 90-degree angle.
    Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 31 Mar. 2023
  • In her 20s Hayeur Smith earned a fashion degree in Paris.
    Francine Russo, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2022
  • That will still happen, Mr. Otto says, just not to the same degree.
    Dave Shedloski, WSJ, 16 June 2022
  • Will Harris capture the women’s vote to the same degree as Biden did in 2020?
    Joe Walsh, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Drop the knee down towards the floor to the point where a 90 degree angle is created in both the front and back knee.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 2 May 2023
  • In Chicago at the same time, the thermometer read 3 degrees.
    Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Sunday will be a cooler day, with a high of 76 degrees.
    Katherine Loren, Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2024
  • Every walk, meal and outing now needs to be planned to some degree.
    Emily Goldman, Good Housekeeping, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The forecast called for skies to clear later in the day and for temperatures to drop to a low of 24 degrees.
    Max Golembo, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Each is a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
    Frank Fernandez, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Agents are still seeing strong demand on the ground, just not to the degree when mortgage rates were at record lows.
    Mitchell Parton, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • The steel grill has to be heated to an astounding 680 degrees.
    Mark Stevenson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2024
  • All of sudden your body gets third-degree burns all over to where your skin is peeling off.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
  • That has been a stark reminder of the degree to which Western economies have come to depend on China.
    Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2022
  • But that extra few degrees can make all the difference on a chilly evening.
    Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2023
  • The air was unseasonably warm, a soft 50 degrees that made the rain feel more like a gentle mist.
    Gael Langdon, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Las Vegas hit 120 degrees, three degrees above the old record.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
  • The hill is absurdly steep: an initial drop of 60 degrees with an average of 45 degree incline.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
  • Caring for these ecosystems takes work, and that means jobs—physical, outdoor jobs, many of which can be filled by people without college degrees.
    Emma Marris, The Atlantic, 25 May 2025

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