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  • adjective surpassing in quality

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Examples

  • But a certain class of top-grade mortgages will be exempt from this "skin-in-the-game" requirement.

    Fed CAVES On Foreclosure Regulations Zach Carter 2011

  • But a certain class of top-grade mortgages will be exempt from this "skin-in-the-game" requirement.

    Fed CAVES On Foreclosure Regulations Zach Carter 2011

  • Increased auto production, prodded by the subsidies, lifted shipments of top-grade steel, and allowed Japanese steel mills to lift their product prices and make up for a large part of their higher raw-materials costs.

    Nippon Steel Swings to Profit Kazuhiro Shimamura 2010

  • But a certain class of top-grade mortgages will be exempt from this "skin-in-the-game" requirement.

    Fed CAVES On Foreclosure Regulations Zach Carter 2011

  • But a certain class of top-grade mortgages will be exempt from this "skin-in-the-game" requirement.

    Fed CAVES On Foreclosure Regulations Zach Carter 2011

  • The French proposal, which calls for half the proceeds of maturing Greek bonds to be reinvested in 30-year Greek bonds and a further 20% to be used to finance purchases of top-grade zero-coupon bonds to guarantee payment, was seen by some in the meeting as needing further refinement.

    Greek Bond Buybacks Discussed at Meeting Stephen Fidler 2011

  • Shortly afterward, Nixon quipped with his aides that the Chinese leader must be quite stingy to part with such a small amount of leaves, but he understood the value of the gift when someone told him that what he had been given was half of the whole harvest of top-grade Da Hong Pao for that year.

    Selling Tea to China Ilaria Maria Sala 2011

  • When Moody's on Wednesday repeated a warning that the U.K. could lose its top-grade debt rating if it doesn't get its policies right, sterling fell sharply before investors realized they had heard this before.

    Sterling Could Be Next for a Pounding Nicholas Hastings 2011

  • "Nowadays, a growing minority is buying the best teas imported from India and some of our mélanges, and, yes, increasingly, some of the top-grade Chinese tea as well."

    Selling Tea to China Ilaria Maria Sala 2011

  • But a certain class of top-grade mortgages will be exempt from this "skin-in-the-game" requirement.

    Fed CAVES On Foreclosure Regulations Zach Carter 2011

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