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  • plural of grade.
  • present tense form of grade (3rd person singular).
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grades

NOUN
grade point average
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Nervous, elated and tired students flocked to schools across the UK on Thursday to find out their grades, with many telling the BBC how they did and their hopes for the future.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

More than 19,600 students received grades in 21 subjects this year, up from 11,900 students across 18 subjects last year.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

She told the BBC she had her heart set on studying midwifery at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk, Lancashire, but was turned down at the application stage and told she did not have the grades.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

For A-level student Stephen, from Carmel College in St Helens, results day turned into a "miraculous" morning after New College, Oxford, accepted him to study law despite him missing the grades he had been offered.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Seven tried hard not to think about how much she missed school and getting the best grades in her class.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega




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