How to Use graduated in a Sentence

graduated

adjective
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  • First, there’s the graduated hem, which is shorter on the outside and longer on the inside of the leg.
    — Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online, 27 May 2022
  • Instead of a cake, there were three Dutch cheeses in graduated sizes.
    — Elizabeth McCracken, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Young was backup to the graduated three-year starter Kace Williams a year ago and made two starts when Williams was injured.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2021
  • As part of the agreement, the city set limits on graduated increases for the toll, which then cost $2 per trip.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Just four days before, the 18-year-old graduated high school.
    — Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 3 June 2020
  • The state, like 31 others in the U.S., has a graduated income tax structure.
    — al, 25 July 2022
  • What irked him about the Senate bill was its failure to provide for graduated rates.
    — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • In cool shades of graduated gray, this crewneck sweatshirt is great for the playground or for kicking back on the weekends.
    — Krystin Arneson, CNN Underscored, 15 Sep. 2020
  • But the best bangs actually have a few graduated layers that start longer around the face then get short and shorter.
    — Tatjana Freund, Marie Claire, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The graduated income tax would set tax rates based on income.
    — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Two of her children are attending school in the Brecksville-Broadview Heights district and a third graduated high school here in 2021.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2021
  • To make: Cut paper straws into graduated lengths and group to form pennant shapes.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 6 June 2022
  • The junior took the spot of beloved, graduated star Cassius Winston and put together a start to silence his doubters with a career game — in the first half.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Rashad, a theater major, graduated magna cum laude from Howard with a bachelor’s in fine arts in 1970.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 12 May 2021
  • At first, the transition back to the field went smoothly, even with the change of quarterback to freshman Bo Nix who replaced the graduated Stidham.
    — Giana Han, al, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Rather than the typical concrete gray, the huts will be a graduated reddish-brown, like many of the buildings in Fianarantsoa.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Weld’s role in defeating the graduated tax decades ago begs the question: Where’s Charlie Baker?
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Unions have long backed the shift to a graduated income tax structure, under which higher incomes are taxed at higher rates.
    — Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2019
  • The Legislature may renew a long-standing debate over whether the state should move to a graduated income tax.
    — USA TODAY, 12 June 2019
  • Winners have a choice between accepting the prize as a graduated annuity or as a lump sum.
    — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Burns wants this funding to allow the team to bring back graduated players, including Ginnis and Payton, to coach and help out during their breaks.
    — Chloe Peterson, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Students use graduated cylinders – glass or plastic tubes with scales printed on the side – to measure the volumes of liquids in chemistry class.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2021
  • Ameya Pawar, Pritzker supports a graduated income tax as a way to help increase the state's share of school funding and reduce the property-tax burden.
    — Rick Pearson, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2017
  • He had already been allowed to leave the hospital grounds for 48 hours without an escort, part of a graduated process that aims to get residents ready for release.
    — Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post, 7 June 2018
  • Most compression socks are available at a knee-length height to provide graduated compression from the ankle throughout the calf.
    — Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Barone would add graduated fines, to get the attention of chronic speeders, and bring in highway engineers to redesign roads to slow traffic.
    — Tom Condon, courant.com, 31 Jan. 2022
  • For example, for couples filing jointly there is a graduated income tax credit of up to $650 when each spouse works.
    — Rich Exner, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2021
  • West Bloomfield had to replace nine graduated starters on defense.
    — Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 28 Aug. 2021
  • This one has a strikingly beautiful graduated green dial and green strap.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Stacked pumpkins are a Halloween architectural treat. Choose four pumpkins in graduated sizes, hollow them out, and carve simple geometric shapes into each one.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2022

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