third-rate

Example Sentences

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For investors, the narrow decision sets up a potential third-rate rise this year at the RBA’s next board meeting in May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

It was third-rate stuff, with apologies to third-rate.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

"I kind of ditched them. I started listening to what A&R or the record labels felt they had slots for. I was called a third-rate Pat Benatar. I was probably a fifth-rate Pat Benatar."

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2025

Today, it’s pumping out third-rate articles by AI-generated writers in a darkening corner of the internet.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023

Did we really think that little Mica, undefeated in its own third-rate league, could ever stand up to the big-city powerhouses around the state?

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli