grad

2 of 3

noun

: one hundredth of a right angle

grad

3 of 3

abbreviation

graduated

Examples of grad in a Sentence

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Noun or adjective
In fact, the district, which is about one mile square, got its start when two SCAD grads and a third partner bought the defunct Starland Dairy in 1999 and turned it into artists’ studios. Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024 Lindsey Vander Weide led the Mojo with 21 kills; La Costa Canyon High School grad Morgan Lewis added 19. Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024 College grads were a growing part of the electorate from the 1940s to the 1990s. Michael Barone, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024 With that in mind, here are the tips and tricks financial experts say recent grads and twentysomethings should know. Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2024 Starring Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, the film follows recent journalism grad Andy Sachs (Hathaway), who scores a coveted position as the assistant to Streep’s Priestly, the fashion industry’s most powerful magazine editor. Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024 Other, younger companies like Amazon and Facebook were moving faster, hiring the smartest college grads and building the future while Microsoft lagged along. Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024 Totino Grace grad Joe Alt is expected to be the first, at worst among the top 10 and perhaps within the top seven. Alt, a left tackle, is leaving Notre Dame after his junior year. Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2024 San Diego high school grads Arnie Robinson and Willie Steele won Olympic gold medals in the long jump. Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2024
Noun
In fact, the district, which is about one mile square, got its start when two SCAD grads and a third partner bought the defunct Starland Dairy in 1999 and turned it into artists’ studios. Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024 The recent Oxford grad has past stops at Chrysalis and Parlophone, and proudly moonlights as co-chair and a founding member of Sony Music UK’s Social Justice Fund supporting anti-racist initiatives. Marc Schneider, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2024 Starring Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, the film follows recent journalism grad Andy Sachs (Hathaway), who scores a coveted position as the assistant to Streep’s Priestly, the fashion industry’s most powerful magazine editor. Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024 Although young adults are contending with the aftereffects of a global pandemic, the unemployment rate for recent grads has been low compared to other demographics since 1990, but that gap has recently widened, the Washington Post reported. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024 With that in mind, here are the tips and tricks financial experts say recent grads and twentysomethings should know. Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2024 That’s one in five, for all the college grads who flunked elementary math. Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2024 In addition to her now decade-long and doubtlessly lucrative role on Vanderpump Rules, the Azusa Pacific University grad also hosts a weekly podcast, Scheananigans, and owns an eyelashes brand. James McClain, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2024 Inside SoCal Frisbee maker Wham-O’s push to sell fun to all ages Wham-O, the Frisbee and Hula Hoop toy company founded by two USC grads, is 75 and embracing nostalgia while striving for relevance with a new generation and their dogs. Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Noun or adjective

by shortening

Noun

French grade degree, from Latin gradus

First Known Use

Noun Or Adjective

circa 1871, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1898, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grad was circa 1871

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“Grad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grad. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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