degrees

noun

plural of degree
1
as in stages
an individual part of a process, series, or ranking they worked on the project by degrees and eventually it got done

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2
as in levels
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement a Freemason of the 32nd degree

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Recent Examples of degrees Kisner, who also owns Treo Business Consulting marketing agency in downtown Lee’s Summit, has degrees in business and project management. — Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026 The most commercially mature steam heat pumps deliver steam at around 120 degrees Celsius (248 degrees Fahrenheit), which is enough for drying, printing, and some forms of dyeing, but many more processes require higher temperature. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 31 July 2026 Solutions can range from the low-cost option of increasing the temperature by a few degrees to the high-cost solution of installing an entirely new cooling system. — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 31 July 2026 The reactor was heated to temperatures exceeding 800 degrees Celsius (1,472 degrees Fahrenheit) before reaching zero-power criticality. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026 Key West should repeat 91 degrees, short of its 1874 record of 95. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 All that spectacle is unmatched in American and in global Thoroughbred racing on dirt, and to varying degrees all of it freaks out each and every horse that runs in it. — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 According to Araki, having an intimacy coordinator helped calibrate the varying degrees of comfort. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 31 July 2026 Temperatures are expected to top 39 degrees Celsius (102 Fahrenheit) in parts of Spain on Friday, with a high of 44 C (111 F) in Almeria in the southeast. — ABC News, 24 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for degrees
  1. stages
  2. levels
  3. points
  4. positions
  5. chapters
  6. ranks
  7. phases
  8. echelons
Noun
  • To capture the earliest stages of failure, the team incorporated photoelasticity, an imaging technique that reveals stress building around tiny defects before visible cracks appear.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 26 July 2026
  • The Bud Light, T-Mobile, Perry’s, Allianz, Kidzapalooza, BMI, Airbnb and Tito’s stages host performances throughout the festival.
    — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Definition of stages
Noun
  • The corridor has the state’s highest congestion levels, seeing over 160,000 cars a day, according to NCDOT.
    — DJ Simmons August 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Plants and animals keenly sense the diminishing light, which acts as a master biological clock that triggers changes such as migration, shifting hormone levels and winter coat growth.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of levels
Noun
  • La Familia’s Darryl Morsell had 10 points and six rebounds while Chris Coffee had nine points and eight rebounds.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • The Storm’s home-court woes continued Tuesday night as the Fever earned a 103-95 road win behind Caitlin Clark’s team-high 32 points.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of points
Noun
  • Pushing up, squeezing play and trying to regain the ball in advanced positions is a perfectly viable and often successful strategy, particularly when treated as a useful add-on to quality in possession.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Previously, exempt level positions were to be posted no fewer than 10 business days, which has now been removed from the policy.
    — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
Definition of positions
Noun
  • The next three chapters offer an anthology of sayings from rabbis who were active in the early centuries of the Common Era, including Hillel and Johanan ben Zakkai, among many other tannaim.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
  • In just over one year since it was started, Lox and Loaded has grown to more than 59 chapters in 24 states, with over 1,800 members, Pearlstein said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Definition of chapters
Noun
  • After spells at Le Havre, ASPTT Marseille and Nationals of Cavigal, RB Leipzig pounced last summer to sign him from the amateur ranks of French football.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Layoffs are expected to continue throughout the day, with the most significant cuts being made among the ranks of behind-the-scenes staffers.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of ranks
Noun
  • The horse race between Amazon’s and Microsoft’s cloud computing businesses has gone through various phases over its nearly two-decade history, with the current AI boom pushing the rivalry to a new, and perhaps unsustainable, level of intensity.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • Solar expansion planned in two construction phases The solar farm project will be developed in two stages over the next several years.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
Definition of phases
Noun
  • Epstein has a long record in the upper echelons of conservative legal circles.
    — Austin Horn June 30, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
  • The film catapulted Sara and her costars — Matthew Broderick, Alan Tuck, and Jennifer Grey — to new echelons of fame.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 June 2026
Definition of echelons

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“Degrees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/degrees. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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