How to Use high-grading in a Sentence

high-grading

noun
  • This durable wallet is crafted from high-grade leather for a premium feel.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Pizza is getting more popular, and so are hamburgers, made with high-grade wagyu beef.
    — Adam Yamaguchi, CBS News, 14 June 2026
  • Meta followed in October with a $30 billion offering, the largest non-merger high-grade bond sale on record.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • Shields recommends purchasing mop heads made from sturdy materials, such as high-grade cotton or microfiber.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
  • These investments leave sufficient money for Gary Works’ first direct-reduction furnace and additional equipment needed to convert the iron into high-grade steel.
    — Lori Latham, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • Related Stories Across its various sections, the 79th Cannes festival features more than a dozen films that venture from science fiction to the supernatural to high-grade schlock and gore.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • The ReCAM project aims to change this by using advanced technology and AI to process this dirt locally, turning it directly back into high-grade battery components.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
  • Governments now see advanced AI as strategic technology, closer to nuclear capability, high-grade encryption and semiconductor supply chains than ordinary software.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • Marie-Claire Daveu, chief sustainability and institutional affairs officer at Kering, pointed out that the very materials that define luxury, such as cashmere or high-grade leather, are vulnerable to climate shifts.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 20 May 2026
  • Diagnosed with an infant high-grade glioma, a rare and aggressive brain tumor, Hadley was treated by the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children's Hospital Colorado.
    — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 13 June 2026

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