How to Use low-grade in a Sentence
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The result was a low-grade labrum tear in her left shoulder.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
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Simply put, most men will not die from low-grade prostate cancer.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
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High-grade cancer cells grow and spread more rapidly than low-grade ones.
—Jenny McCoy, Health, 10 Nov. 2023
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Or the low-grade brain damage humming in the zeitgeist.
—Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
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That, plus the choice of pants rather than a skirt is giving Seyfried a low-grade punk vibe.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2024
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Some doctors say these low-grade cases shouldn’t even be called cancer.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026
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The toddler was diagnosed with a low-grade glioma.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
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The room became a low-grade surveillance game.
—Adam Howard, Time, 10 June 2026
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Some kids may have only low-grade fever and mild swelling, and others may have no symptoms at all.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
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The 40-year-old missed the start of the season with a low-grade teres major strain.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2023
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Black men are also more likely to die from low-grade prostate cancer than other races.
—Taayoo Murray, Essence, 7 June 2024
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The shots from that doorbell camera are low-grade grainy and the audio sounds stuffed with earwax.
—Outdoor Life, 29 Nov. 2023
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This type of surgery is used for a low-grade tumor that has started to invade the wall of the bladder.
—Steffini Stalos, Health, 25 Jan. 2025
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The infection starts with symptoms like a runny nose, a low-grade fever and a tickly cough.
—Sam Tupper, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
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However, the flu usually also comes with low-grade fevers and body aches.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Oct. 2023
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Common side effects include body aches and low-grade fever, the doctor noted.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024
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Boone said that an initial fluoroscope, a low-grade X-ray, came back clean.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
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Less common symptoms include a low-grade fever, vomiting, headache and body aches.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
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Symptoms can start like a common cold with fatigue, a low-grade fever, runny nose, sore throat or sneezing.
—Keri Brenner, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
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The kids started a game that soon turned into low-grade squabble, when, suddenly, an air-raid siren blared.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
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In fact, there are some companies out there that just want to make a quick buck off of people by selling low-grade products.
—Carol Lee, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2024
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In moments of pressure or low-grade exhaustion, your mind floods you with noise and distractions.
—Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
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The latter is a low-grade inflammation that develops with age.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
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Sensing her low-grade panic, my friends moved a few seats down at the bar, leaving me and Janine to get into it.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 14 Nov. 2024
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Other signs include vomiting, body aches, headache, low-grade fever and other flu-like symptoms.
—Elise Haulund, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
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Cyanidation is a process used to extract gold from low-grade ore by dissolving it in a dilute cyanide solution.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
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For everyday anxiety or low-grade stress, a slow body scan before bed is a reasonable place to start tonight.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
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Many are mass-produced using low-grade materials.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
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Vientos has seen his playing time dwindle, first with the injury (a low-grade hamstring strain) and then with the slump since his return.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Some of the tumors on my abdominal wall and on my ovary had come back as stage 3 low-grade ovarian cancer.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
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