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

Kerlin Núñez, a 9th grader at Franklin High School in Highland Park, held up a sign reading: “If your voice held no power … they wouldn’t try to silence you.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

But Hegseth comes across more like the third grader reciting those lines after watching his favorite comic book movie for the umpteenth time.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 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

I’m just a seventh grader, and everybody else here is an adult, thought Natalie.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz