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adjective

as in oblique
running in a slanting direction a graded creek bed, with the creek's center depth being about three feet

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verb

past tense of grade
1
as in classified
to arrange or assign according to type grade these apples "extra fancy" and those "fancy"

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2
as in ranked
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes believe it or not, that music grades pretty high with young teens

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Recent Examples of graded
Verb
Here’s a look at how every position graded out in the Falcons’ statement win. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Well, reboots are reboots, and thus are graded on a curve given the innate uphill battle to live up to all that came before. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026 The cards had been sent from all over the country to PSA to be graded, a necessary step for collectors in authenticating their wares. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 Those key factors were evaluated using 31 metrics with each metric graded on a 100-point scale, with 100 representing the most favorable conditions for college students. — Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The cards, which Santa Ana police said were valued at approximately $963,000, were graded by PSA and were being shipped back to their owners. — Ryan Morik Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The cards belong to collectors from across the country who submitted them to the PSA to be authenticated and graded. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 Brad Knox, a research associate professor of computer science at the University of Texas at Austin, and two coauthors looked at how OpenAI graded its agents in the July test that led to the Hugging Face attack. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 The new tier of intermediate-sized banks would have a community development test, but not an investment and service metric that large banks are graded on. — Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graded
  1. oblique
  2. classified
  3. ranked
  4. sloping
  5. grouped
  6. was
  7. sloped
  8. distinguished
Adjective
  • Rookie Cameron Carr is out and day-to-day because of a right oblique strain.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Lakers were without new guard Collin Sexton (calf) and first-round pick Cameron Carr (oblique), and swingman Jake LaRavia left the court limping in the fourth quarter.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of oblique
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  • Now owned by the state of Bavaria, the ⁠Kehlsteinhaus ​was classified after the ​war as a historical monument recalling the Nazi period.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But China's latest regulations require people classified as Chinese tax residents to self-declare worldwide income to Beijing, Wang said.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of classified
Verb
  • The Wildcats, ranked in both the Associated Press and coaches’ polls, are coming off a 22-14 season that took them to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Florida ranked sixth among all states for credit card debt per capita at $5,050 at the end of 2025, up $210 from a year earlier, according to Federal Reserve Bank of New York data.
    — Malana VanTyler, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of ranked
Adjective
  • Gates open to a sloping, 700-foot-long driveway that passes by whimsical sculptures before arriving at a spacious cobblestone motor court.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2026
  • There was a casual feel in Memorial Auditorium in the hour before game time, as children kicked a ball around on the auditorium’s sloping floor.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of sloping
Verb
  • Two popular names with deep ties to the Pittsburgh region will be grouped this week at the PGA Tour's event in Bermuda.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Peters grouped India, Indonesia and Colombia among markets where Netflix still has considerable room to add subscribers and plans to maintain accessible entry-level prices.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of grouped
Verb
  • There was a single massive cheer from the home crowd in the fourth quarter, however.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Unlike other modern culinary festivals, there was no peeking behind the curtain, because, in fact, there is no curtain.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of was
Adjective
  • Following their 1967 nuptials, Elvis and Priscilla spent their honeymoon in Palm Springs at William Krisel’s House of Tomorrow, a 4,695-square-foot modernist abode sectioned off into four circular spaces under a long, sloped roof.
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Common areas feature self-operating lifts or sloped entryways.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2026
Definition of sloped
Verb
  • His reporting — first at the Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram, then over 37 years at The Times — distinguished The Times as a national source for baseball coverage.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Sondheim’s implicit possibilities were broad; his explicit rules were narrow, emphasizing scene and storytelling at the expense of the delight in wit and melody that had long distinguished American songs from those of European operetta.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
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