1
as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type
grade these apples "extra fancy" and those "fancy"
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as in ranking
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 grading
Aside from individual shoppers using an avocado app, the study’s authors hope that their technology will also deploy to processing facilities for sorting and grading the fruit at scale.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
Change the tape grading scale for current players and prospects.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Professors and faculty need guidance Kasun — the professor from Georgia State — also doesn't believe professors should use AI for grading.
—Lee V. Gaines, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
During another visit, a city investigator reported seeing unpermitted construction of concrete pads, structures and grading.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
In both the Reggio Emilia and Montessori educational methods, student progress and areas of focus are well-documented; a portfolio of work built over time replaces grading and testing.
—Katrina Donham, Parents, 23 Sep. 2025
Moor, best known in Europe for his lush grading work on Cannes titles such as Tran Anh Hung’s The Taste of Things and Gilles Lellouche’s Beating Hearts, has long collaborated with Cutting Edge co-founder Matthieu Laclau, the French editor celebrated for his decade of work with Jia Zhangke.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
The letter grades are the first assigned under the state’s new curved public school grading system that lawmakers approved in August.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2025
There are no score sheets or empirical grading systems employed.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
Change the tape grading scale for current players and prospects.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Professors and faculty need guidance Kasun — the professor from Georgia State — also doesn't believe professors should use AI for grading.
—Lee V. Gaines, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
During another visit, a city investigator reported seeing unpermitted construction of concrete pads, structures and grading.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
In both the Reggio Emilia and Montessori educational methods, student progress and areas of focus are well-documented; a portfolio of work built over time replaces grading and testing.
—Katrina Donham, Parents, 23 Sep. 2025
Moor, best known in Europe for his lush grading work on Cannes titles such as Tran Anh Hung’s The Taste of Things and Gilles Lellouche’s Beating Hearts, has long collaborated with Cutting Edge co-founder Matthieu Laclau, the French editor celebrated for his decade of work with Jia Zhangke.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
The letter grades are the first assigned under the state’s new curved public school grading system that lawmakers approved in August.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2025
There are no score sheets or empirical grading systems employed.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grading
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Related Stories In a nutsell, the test arranged by the cutter’s union documented that AI tools are great for organizing, classifying and summarizing.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Cal Fire updated Saratoga’s Fire Hazard Severity Zone map in June, classifying some southwestern portions of the city as moderate or high fire hazard zones.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
14 Oct. 2025
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WalletHub factored in 30 component into their ranking such as; gas prices, annual hours in traffic per driver, auto-repair shops per capita, and car theft rate.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Minneapolis has a large number of senior centers and recreation centers, ranking eighth in the nation for the availability of those resources.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Oct. 2025
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For the annual Mansion in May show house, design firm Toledo Geller divided a long garden-level room with a pair of back-to-back sofas, grouping small card tables for tournaments on one side and a single pedestal table for cozier game nights on the other.—
Catherine Hong,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Oct. 2025
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Most of all, though, the receivers are often simply around each other, which is not always common for a position grouping in the NFL.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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But in a market where definitional confusion obscures risk and competitive tensions drive narratives, distinguishing signal from noise is increasingly critical and difficult.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Skye herself has almost no distinguishing characteristics besides her fragile state and propensity for terrible decisions, especially as the investigation around her boyfriend’s death kicks into gear.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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Both Robinson and McBride were net-rating kings for the Knicks last season — McBride during the regular season and Robinson in the playoffs — but neither jostled through many lineups.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The two big banks on the list, Citigroup and Bank of America , both have yields above 2% and about 60% of the analysts covering the stocks rating them a buy.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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Typical pretreatments include sorting (optical sorters separate flakes by color or polymer), shredding/grinding to increase surface area, and washing to remove labels/oils.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Aside from individual shoppers using an avocado app, the study’s authors hope that their technology will also deploy to processing facilities for sorting and grading the fruit at scale.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Oct. 2025
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Since Xi Jinping assumed power in 2012, Chinese stories have increasingly included nods to Chinese nationalist (not just communist) soldiers fighting bravely, thus placing a strong, victorious, and morally righteous China at the forefront of the postwar global order.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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Once a user uploads an image, Canva can use AI for adjusting or changing the background, placing something in a different place, and for styling.—
Krysta Escobar,
CNBC,
18 Oct. 2025
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Her nonprofit, the Health Freedom Defense Fund, is now distributing model legislation and a how-to guide, with talking points to persuade legislators.—
Audrey Dutton,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Zegna ventured into new territory by producing and distributing all of Ford’s men’s and women’s fashion and accessories.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Grading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grading. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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