gradation
Example Sentences
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Although “High Country Crags and Moon” features a fine gradation of gray in the rock face, the impenetrable shadow in the foreground seems to break Adams’s own rules.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023
And we won’t be giving starred reviews — that kind of blunt gradation makes even less sense now than it did before.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2022
For food professionals, who spend their lives exploring nuance and gradation in flavor, recourse is even more limited.
From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2020
And, yes, he no longer has the vocal flexibility for dynamic gradation.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2018
“It’s absolutely gorgeous the way you overlapped the strands so skillfully. The gradation is flawless.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Vocabulary lists containing gradation
"Love's Vocabulary," Vocabulary from the essay
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By the Roots: Grad-, Gress-: to step
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Latin Love: Grad-, Gress-, meaning "to step"
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