Grade
Grade noun - One of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic.
Usage example: there are various grades of wool to consider when selecting a fabric
Race
Race noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.
How words are described
| good | good grade | good race |
| particular | particular grade | particular race |
| specific | specific grade | specific race |
| perfect | perfect grade | perfect race |
| Other adjectives: certain, current, original, single, actual, entire, superior, white, next, different, fifth. | ||
Common collocations
| way | grade way | race way |
Both words in one sentence
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Duncan hates Jerry because he was a legend as the "fastest kid in school" after winning a track race in the ninth grade.
Source: Teacher/Student Romance - Lobo in his first own series "The Last Czarnian" has to discover that another Czarnian survived his genocide on his own race, and worse, it's his fourth grade math teacher (probably one—if not the one—member of his race he hated most).
Source: There Is Another -
Rather than answering the questions on his exam, he took the opportunity to discuss a theory devised by a "lesser race." His instructor at the Prydonian Academy decides to give him an "omega" grade, a grade so bad it was previously only theoretical.
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