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Definition of G-ratednext

grated

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verb

past tense of grate
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as in scratched
to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface the sled grated along the bare pavement

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as in gritted
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound he grated the pieces of metal together

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Recent Examples of G-rated
Verb
In a large bowl or resealable bag, mix together ¼ cup shiro (white) miso, ¼ cup creamy peanut butter, ¼ cup shoyu (soy sauce), ¼ cup packed light brown sugar, ¼ cup beer, any kind, 3 cloves garlic, minced or grated, and 2 tsp. Sheldon Simeon, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026 Cream cheese, vanilla bean paste, and grated orange zest come together to create this melt-in-your-mouth confection. Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026 Divide grated Gruyere cheese and bacon evenly among muffin cups. Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026 The end of Malone’s 10-year Nuggets tenure was abrupt and awkward, as his voice grew stale in the locker room and his intense personality grated on players, as team and league sources detailed to The Denver Post last year. Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026 Place grated zucchini in a colander set over a bowl. Laura McLively, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026 Use vegetables not for bulk but as bold flavor flourishes—grated, blitzed, or shaved—to finish off a dish. Chadwick Boyd, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Feb. 2026 The cloud of cream cheese over the top is light as air, weighed down with a heap of Parmesan cheese grated so finely the curls disappear on your tongue. Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for G-rated
Adjective
  • To restore wage mobility and top-line household revenue, organizations need to unfreeze hiring and transition their AI strategies from pure human substitution to human augmentation.
    Katica Roy, Fortune, 2 May 2026
  • Consider any positivity that comes from the Oklahoma City series as pure gravy.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
Verb
  • As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if the president doesn’t get annoyed with him once or twice.
    NBC news, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Maybe annoyed enough to fix it.
    Nathan Edwards, The Verge, 26 Apr. 2026
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  • And scratched nonstick pans are a real concern for most home cooks.
    Jennifer Zyman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In fact, Bump — who was drawn into the lineup after Tocchet scratched forward Matvei Michkov — scored a massive goal to get the Flyers on the board after falling behind 2-0.
    Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But the Olympic debutant gritted her teeth and tried to forget about her throbbing, bruised knee.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The 6-foot-6, 260-pound Westlake graduate missed just one game earlier this season but gritted his way through an undisclosed injury.
    Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 12 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The songwriting is so chaste and disembodied that an Old Hollywood censor would have no problem greenlighting it.
    Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Rue’s comparatively chaste behavior this season — including in scenes with high school love Jules (the always magnetic Hunter Schafer) — feels like a concession to Zendaya’s huge star power and public image.
    Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • His last-minute, mixmaster approach to closing out the transit negotiations irritated several participants, but the end result was a fiscally responsible and transformative restructuring of mass transit in northern Illinois.
    David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Even minimal exposure to artificial lights irritated his burns, and recovery took months.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • His father finally scraped together about $30,000 to free him, and three years after his release, Diego started a business leading birding tours.
    Andy Court, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • After all, one line of thinking goes, the big LLMs have already scraped everything available on the web.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Stargazers in the southern hemisphere could see up to 50 shooting stars crisscrossing the night sky while those in the northern hemisphere will be treated to a more modest showing of between 10-30 meteors per hour, according to the American Meteor Society.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 May 2026
  • Surely a country that can spend a billion dollars a day on a war of choice can afford a modest commitment for a safety net to protect workers whose jobs are lost as a result of AI.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 1 May 2026

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“G-rated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/G-rated. Accessed 7 May. 2026.

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