grading

present participle of grade

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of grading Bulldozers were on site Friday as grading continues for the project on East McLelland Avenue between South Main Street and South Church Street. — Joe Marusak october 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026 Sports card shops and shows attract non-sports buyers and sellers, who rely on grading services for valuations and dealers for guidance and trends. — Bob Woods, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026 Property owners should consider whether grading, vegetation, drainage features, or other site conditions are contributing to a recurring accumulation of water. — Christyne D. Santisteban, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026 Monique Scott to identify drainage and grading conditions within the park and consider potential longer-term improvements. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 The league usually hides these blunders behind closed doors and quiet internal grading-system tweaks. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Site work is ongoing at the Amazon Web Services development at 61st Avenue and Colorado Street, such as grading of the land, development of temporary buildings used by construction workers and engineers and building of a NIPSCO substation on-site. — Jeff Danielson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026 The developer estimates grading would take approximately three to four months. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Let the machines do what’s mechanical—generating practice problems, flagging errors, grading the responses that are beyond discussion. — Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grading
Verb
  • The software generates a score from zero to 100, classifying a patient as low, intermediate, or high risk.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Below, members of Forbes Technology Council share strategies for classifying large volumes of unstructured data while keeping the manual workload manageable.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Piper Sandler's survey offered signs that Vans may finally be stabilizing — ranking as the seventh-most-popular footwear brand among male teens after years of sinking in the rankings and climbing to ninth among upper-income male teens.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • What’s Trending in the NFL, ranking the most controversial coaching decisions from the past week.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Drying towels on their own rather than grouping them with other laundry items eliminates this issue.
    — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In 2023, Canali debuted Care, an umbrella program grouping all the brand’s eco- and responsibility-minded initiatives.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The case is the latest legal challenge for Peters, who has a million followers on Instagram, and whose hourslong livestreams feature him rating people's looks and talking about methods of getting better looking that include surgery and drug use.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Morgan Stanley's call matches the consensus on Wall Street, where 24 of 27 analysts rate Seagate a buy or strong buy, with just 3 rating it a hold, LSEG data shows.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • For Jekyll-Hyde, the costumes are crucial and add to the characterization, distinguishing the two men inhabiting the same body.
    — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
  • For voters scrolling through Instagram, TikTok, and other platforms, distinguishing between independent commentary and paid political advertising is becoming increasingly difficult.
    — Abby Dodge, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • For example, placing a cardboard box in the trash may normally be acceptable.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Alternatively, depression may involve placing too much confidence in outdated forecasts.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Properly sorting laundry saves energy, lowers utility costs, and extends the life of your clothing.
    — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Every hour spent sorting candidates, interviewing, onboarding, correcting course and starting over is time not spent leading the business.
    — Kenzie Biggins, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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“Grading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grading. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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