gradate
Example Sentences
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Most importantly, this type of gradated treatment is inhumane.
From Scientific American
The governor, so far, is hoping to stanch the spread of the disease with a series of less disruptive gradated restrictions, including a 10 p.m. curfew for bars, restaurants and gyms statewide.
From New York Times
About 635 undergraduates and 51 gradate students are scheduled to received degrees.
From Washington Times
On Gabriel’s wings you can make out every last feather, gently gradating from green to gold to grapefruit pink.
From New York Times
Some centuries later, Dante’s carefully gradated circles of hell and redemption mirror our own hierarchical obsessions, visible in league tables and the highest-to-lowest function of spreadsheets and e-commerce websites.
From The Guardian
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