grading

present participle of grade

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of grading Brungardt said that the city’s regulations allow grading work to begin on a construction site before any site plans are approved. Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026 No organization within the government bureaucracy should rely solely on people grading their own homework. U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026 The development process will begin with about five weeks of demolition to clear the existing structure followed by two weeks of grading. Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026 Per the state’s school grading system, charter schools are slightly outperforming traditional public schools in Miami-Dade. Austin Horn july 3, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026 According to Google, a moderately sized cluster of 20 phones can support peak submission rates for a class of more than 75 students, with grading latency below that of the default AWS backend. New Atlas, 2 July 2026 Time is always a resource in demand for teachers; time for grading papers, planning lessons, and dealing with meetings and conferences can eat up that resource on a daily basis. Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 More than halfway through his first year in Chicago, Bregman, 32, has been close to a league-average hitter while grading out as a plus defender at a hard-to-fill position. Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 30 June 2026 Professors are rewriting assignments and grading rubrics. Maria Colacurcio, Fortune, 28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grading
Verb
  • The legislation, which Gribbin advocated for, authorizes the warnings by classifying a shark attack as an event for which an emergency alert can be issued.
    Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • He is credited as the first and most significant contributor to South Florida archaeology of the time, classifying materials, recording 49 sites across Miami-Dade and making the first outline of a chronology of indigenous habitation.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • No two suburbs are alike, but several cities in this ranking share some features in common, like proximity to water and higher education.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • So, that was a huge unlock for me in terms of just making the work sustainable, which is where the different series, like Botched, What’s in the Fridge, and the ranking content originated from.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • But researchers like me are tackling the problem by studying mixtures that reflect real-world exposures and grouping chemicals with similar biological effects.
    Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
  • Unlike standalone projects developed individually, Lightshift is grouping the installations into a larger portfolio.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Reviewers have tested them out while climbing, running, and camping in 95-degree weather, rating them five stars for all the above.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2026
  • Wall Street is largely bullish on McDonald’s, with 20 out of 36 analysts rating it a buy or strong buy.
    Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Within the past year or two, Microsoft made this chip distinction the distinguishing trait between consumer and business Surface models.
    Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
  • The right to support and elect candidates for political office is a distinguishing feature of democracy.
    The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Tyler officially caught the singing bug after placing second at the talent show hosted by a local rugby club.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Two Miami-Dade church camp counselors were arrested Wednesday for allegedly abusing a 9-year-old boy by placing large orange cones over his head and repeatedly hitting him, according to the sheriff’s office.
    Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Household sorting into general waste, recyclables and food waste became mandatory nationwide in 2005.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • By owning the actual planes, trucks and sorting hubs required to move goods globally, these companies possess a structural advantage and a level of operational scale that new competitors cannot replicate overnight.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 10 July 2026

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