grading

verb

Definition of gradingnext
present participle of grade
1
as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type grade these apples "extra fancy" and those "fancy"

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2
as in ranking
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes believe it or not, that music grades pretty high with young teens

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grading
  1. classifying
  2. distinguishing
  3. placing
  4. sorting
  5. distributing
Verb
  • The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Wednesday against the popular Netflix dating show, classifying its stars as employees and accusing the program of several labor violations.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Those deaths aren't counted in our statistics, and that's primarily because of the difficulty in classifying those deaths in a disaster.
    Melody Schreiber, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of classifying
Verb
  • This involves distinguishing between the data plane, where information is transferred, and the control plane, which governs processes without directly handling the data itself.
    Taylor Brown, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Researchers say that their discovery has helped tremendously in distinguishing the theropods of this region, which were poorly known before.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of distinguishing
Verb
  • The Nordstroms have been able to improve Rack by placing a greater focus on better brands at the off-pricer, including some of the better-selling labels that can found at the Nordstrom full-price department stores.
    David Moin, WWD, 24 Dec. 2024
  • If any athletes who finished on the podium had already received an invitation to X Games Aspen, the automatic berth went to the next-highest-placing rider(s) or skier(s).
    Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of placing
Verb
  • Regularly clean up your email inbox by unsubscribing from spam or irrelevant newsletters and sorting important emails into folders.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Properly sorting these materials helps minimize landfill waste.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of sorting
Verb
  • In February 2014, Bonilla was sentenced in New Haven federal court to 68 months in prison and four years of supervised release for distributing heroin, court records show.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The joint task force operation found the organization was distributing various drugs, including opioids, high-grade marijuana, THC products and MDMA.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of distributing
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