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Home with his mother before school, he was drafting a note to a teacher about a bad grade, and in between, he tapped out a few jokes and deleted each one.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
We’re continuing to see high demand around pre-issuance hedging particularly from investment grade issuers, partly driven by these market movements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
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 has become so common that most assume a top freshman or sophomore are holdbacks, which means repeating a grade or two to look for a competitive advantage in high school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“All right, all you bodacious babies, terrific toddlers, glorious grade schoolers, magnificent middle schoolers, and tremendous teens, let me hear you!” the emcee said, and the audience roared.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
She worked to improve her grades to apply for colleges on the mainland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
And top A-level results increased slightly again last week – with 28.5% of all grades across England, Wales and Northern Ireland marked at A* or A.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Current tuition for grades six through 12 runs $58,788 a year for the 2026-2027 school year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive GCSE, BTecs and other Level 2 results on Thursday, with some grades in England available through an app that is rolling out for the first time.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“We might finally get those grades of yours up. Wouldn’t that be nice?”
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
The bill only applies to specific developments, including those that are proposed on an graded infill site and those that pay construction workers a prevailing wage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
He planned to buy undervalued Morgan silver dollars—iconic coins with a buzzing collector market—get them professionally graded and flip them for profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
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 path was easier now, made of crushed gravel and graded rocks, and he cracked his whip to urge the four black stallions on faster.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
One day in late May, Greg Gatwood was doing what he does best as a design landscaper — grading his backyard and leveling the soil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
About 100 health visitors at Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board have been on strike since February in a row over job grading, saying they are losing up to £9,000 a year as a result.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
But the standard ratio is near enough to its recent high that the computer analysis programs are not grading it as a buy signal.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Under the new policy, the funding agencies will no longer be grading their own homework, providing checks and balances across all levels of research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Preparations for the Opening Day ceremony had cost Olmsted’s department valuable time, as did the planting and grading required to repair the damage the day’s crowd had inflicted throughout the park.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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