as in cheap
of low quality
plumbing fixtures that were made out of low-grade materials
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Recent Examples of low-grade
Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology examined how eating fresh mangoes affected inflammation and insulin sensitivity in overweight and obese adults with low-grade chronic inflammation, as reported by SWNS.
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Khloe Quill, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025
Also, persistent low-grade stress (think financial insecurity, fear of layoffs, inflation, or geo-political instability) is just as harmful, if not more, than short periods of high stress.
—Myisha Battle, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Chronic low-grade inflammation damages pancreatic cells that produce insulin, lowering insulin production and causing high blood glucose levels.
—Danielle Weiss, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025
Common signs include nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, sneezing, headache, and low-grade fever.4
Influenza: Influenza, or flu, viruses can cause sore throat, leading to body aches.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 17 Mar. 2025
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In the early 1970s, the widespread availability of cheap, preformed fiberglass pools meant the rate of young children drowning soared.—
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However, note that these are smaller models that could run on a less expensive GPUs or even a CPU with cheaper memory instead of the super expensive HBM memory currently used in all high-end accelerators.—
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Science popularization should not be considered as inferior to or detracting from traditional scientific research.—
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For more than half of Thursday’s Sweet 16 game against Arkansas, Texas Tech looked like the inferior team.—
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There’s a real debate to be had about what responsibility better-off neighborhoods like Hyde Park have to help solve humanitarian problems that often are laid at the feet of poorer areas.—
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The strong United cohort, almost entirely comprised of dominant sides under Ferguson, has not shied away from criticising the club, players and managers when results have been poor.—
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The rhetoric pushed here is that someone with a high body count has less value and will either make a terrible partner or no one will want them in the first place.—
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The domestic box office is presently in a terrible state, and Minecraft could prove to be the shot of confidence Hollywood studios and cinema owners need after recent films, including Disney’s Snow White, have turned into major disappointments.—
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Hen of the Woods Sandwich from Dad’s Luncheonette 1 tablespoon coriander seeds 1 tablespoon fennel seeds 1 tablespoon coarse sea salt DIRECTIONS: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.—
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TikTok clued us into the power of shaving your body—mainly your she-shrubbery—using what is technically a beard trimmer, because it's designed explicitly to motor through coarse hair.—
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How does this not end up with boots smelling like rotten eggs?—
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In total, it's fixed more than 23 million rotten links on Wikipedia alone, according to the organization.—
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Since Trump’s Wednesday announcement, the stock market plummeted to its worst position since March 2020.—
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Jack: This is just a bad team that has occasionally had good days.—
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Furthermore, poor diets are common in the U.S., and the fast pace of life can cause more stress than women experience elsewhere, Annapoorna Kini, MD, director of the Interventional Structural Heart Disease Program for the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital in New York, added.—
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The American Kennel Club (AKC) notes that chewing on furniture and shoes is common in puppies, especially during teething.—
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“Low-grade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/low-grade. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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