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degree

[dih-gree] / dɪˈgri /




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Over nearly four years of full-time work since getting a master’s degree, her salary has gradually climbed by about $20,000, giving her a slightly more comfortable budget each year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

"I had a degree of fearlessness. I had a bit of - dare I say - glib charm. I wasn't hugely emotionally affected by things that happened on the trading floor."

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Bath made it two wins out of two in the new Prem season as they gained a degree of revenge for losing to Exeter Chiefs in last season's semi-final.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

On his way to a PhD, he changed course and turned to art, completing a master of fine arts degree at UC Santa Barbara.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Farmer had not only exposed his deepest self to her, but also to some degree changed her life.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The game started 45 minutes after the National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning, cautioning against “extremely dangerous heat conditions” as the temperature reached 100 degrees at first pitch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Temperatures will generally be a few degrees above the seasonal norm and could possibly reach 23C in the sunniest parts of southern England.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

With the temperature around 90 degrees Fahrenheit, an NGC2 smartphone issued to a Wall Street Journal reporter who attended the drills overheated, rendering it unusable until it cooled down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

In this case, however, the researchers found that the coherent behavior persisted up to 100 degrees above absolute zero.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Multiplying by i turns the vector ninety degrees to the left and does not change the length,” Jake said.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein




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