as in cheap
of low quality
plumbing fixtures that were made out of low-grade materials
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Recent Examples of low-grade
For everyday anxiety or low-grade stress, a slow body scan before bed is a reasonable place to start tonight.
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Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
The biggest decline was in prescribed burns, the low-grade fires intentionally set to clear dense underbrush, helping reduce the intensity of future wildfires.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 4 May 2026
Why Regular Plungers Feel Different Each cold session works as low-grade stress training.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
Sometimes children can also have a low-grade fever, and the most common symptom is dehydration.
—Lauren Linder, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
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Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
The biggest decline was in prescribed burns, the low-grade fires intentionally set to clear dense underbrush, helping reduce the intensity of future wildfires.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 4 May 2026
Why Regular Plungers Feel Different Each cold session works as low-grade stress training.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
Sometimes children can also have a low-grade fever, and the most common symptom is dehydration.
—Lauren Linder, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for low-grade
Adjective
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Take the quiz here … SHELL GAME — America's cheapest popcorn shrimp basket at a chain restaurant costs under $9.—
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FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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Sweeney says beginners should start with a trusty can of spray paint, an orbital sander and some cheap hardware.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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Husbands are also inferior house cleaners.—
Joe Salas
May 09,
New Atlas,
9 May 2026
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Though Rogers is Christian, his story of transformation from weakling to hero certainly spoke to young Jewish boys and men, who were often inaccurately portrayed in the media and press as intellectually superior but physically inferior.—
Miriam Eve Mora,
The Conversation,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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After wildfires hit Georgia in April 2026 fueled by a rain deficit, high winds and low humidity, — among other causes, per NASA — neighboring states got slammed with poor air quality alerts.—
Ryan Brennan
May 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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However his attitude on health care and taxes places Newsom at odds with advocates for poor Californians who would be affected and their allies in the Legislature, many of whom want a tax increase.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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Residents describe ‘a terrible night’ More than 30 people were injured in the apartment building collapse, while emergency workers rescued 28 residents, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.—
Samya Kullab,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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And some were not kind to him on social media following the terrible first round.—
Dan Zaksheske OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Finer clays, silts and coarser sands would all have been deposited by different processes.—
Geoff Emberling,
The Conversation,
19 May 2026
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Under acceleration, the cabin fills with a coarse engine note that sounds sportier than the actual performance suggests.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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West Ham showed themselves to be a bad team, less than the sum of their parts and wholly ill-equipped for the challenge in front of them.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Each reiteration and exaggeration of Mary’s bad behavior is another civic stroke of the chisel that perfects the monumental Lincoln in our collective imagination.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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Food is scarce or goes rotten because of a lack of refrigeration.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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That probably rotten piece of flesh.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
Adjective
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Its inclusion in the ODIN fleet shows the Navy’s interest in integrating anti-drone capabilities into frontline destroyers operating in areas where unmanned systems are becoming increasingly common.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
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These types of donations are a common tactic for fraudsters to build up the trust of their investors, experts told the Sentinel.—
Annie Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2026
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“Low-grade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/low-grade. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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