grader

Example Sentences

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“Everything is a simulated experience,” the now-eighth grader says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 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

“Okay? I wouldn’t know. All I know is that you’re not that second grader anymore, sitting on the swing by herself and getting made fun of.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer