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Chief executive Vivienne Stern said the grade profiles accepted by different universities were "more or less identical to the pattern in previous years".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
It won’t apply to A-minuses, which committee members predicted would become the most awarded grade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Investors are concerned that the company’s increasing capital expenditures are straining its balance sheet and potentially pushing its credit rating below investment grade.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
The father of four girls said "stopping at the sixth grade" will leave them effectively "illiterate" for the demands of "the 21st century".
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
She’d probably been at the same school the whole time and never had to repeat a grade even if she understood all the material.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
More A* and A grades went to girls than boys this year – 137,000 compared to 120,900.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Overall, 28.5% of grades were marked at A* or A, up from 28.3% last year.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
In London, 32.7% of A-level grades were marked at A* or A. In the North East and the East Midlands, it was 23.1%.
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
I think about making good grades or being cool or popular, even though I’m not.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
If graded on a curve for performance this year, financial stocks would still barely receive a passing grade.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
In Germany, where Chancellor Friedrich Merz supports restricting or even banning social media for children, an expert commission has proposed two options: a ban graded by age or platform-specific restrictions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
The answers are carefully graded against set parameters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
His cancer was graded stage three, and is not in his bones or nervous system.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
It’s too bad you can’t study bubble gum and get graded for it, because Imogene would get straight A’s.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
Alongside competition has been grading everything a player does, so there is no ambiguity as to where a player stands on the depth chart or in the program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
"During testing, any form of human intervention was strictly prohibited," and the AI solutions were submitted to IMO organisers for grading, Xiaohongshu said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
A more realistic grading might see us talk about moderately processed, heavily processed, very heavily processed, and then ultraprocessed, or something similar.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
Municipal Softball, there is a grading system to facilitate fair competition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
When I get to English class, Mr. Wise gives us a villainous smile that can only mean he’s finished grading our short essay quizzes on Thoreau.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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