grader

Example Sentences

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John DeMuria, chief executive of coffee supply-chain company Coastal Commodities, and a grader of 35 years, said he failed the first time he tried.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

She’s been pushing for San Marcos Unified to change its policies and is homeschooling her first grader in the meantime.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Although Liam has since been released, “We’ve had other students in our building also taken in. We realized a fifth grader was also at the detention center; they had just kind of disappeared.”

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

The 43-year-old knows Estonian and helps her daughter with her studies, but the first grader confuses Russian and Estonian letters.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Jonah figured she was adding up all the possibilities: seventh grader acting interested plus a chance to tick off older brother plus a chance to show off.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix