How to Use make the grade in a Sentence

make the grade

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• But two songs that don’t fit either of those criteria made the grade.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026
• McDonald’s The burger chain also made the grade, even as the stock has seen better days.
  — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 7 July 2026
• Another Spanish-language filmmaker, Chile’s Pablo Larraín, has arguably already made the grade.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
• At National Mortgage Center, another DSCR lender, even buyers of short-term rentals can often be approved, and sometimes multifamily projects of more than five units make the grade.
  — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
• Other names that made the grade in 2027 include Alphabet, Apple , Coca-Cola, Dynatrace , Eli Lilly , Equinix and Williams Companies .
  — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026