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grated

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verb

past tense of grate
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as in scratched
to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface the sled grated along the bare pavement

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as in gritted
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound he grated the pieces of metal together

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for G-rated
Adjective
  • This can provide significant advantages over today’s best mini-LED TVs, including higher brightness, less blooming (light bleed around bright images), and purer, more accurate colors.
    Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Blanchett, meanwhile, continues her reign among the cadre of actresses who work with their stylists — in this case, Elizabeth Stewart — to craft a collection of press-run looks that extend beyond pure glamour in their talking points.
    Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Big, sometimes uncontrollable emotions are a normal part of growing up, and gentle parents at least try to not dismiss their or get annoyed with their kids when those challenging moments come up.
    Alex Vance, Parents, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Initially annoyed by his bubbly personality, Jovie eventually warms up to Buddy, and the pair fall in love.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • When Myers was 16 years old, Gilles Bouchard scratched his head with what to do with him.
    Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Holding out hope for a big win, the woman bought a third ticket and scratched it in her car, according to the release.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Hellbent on destroying the pure, chaste and overly self-righteous preacher who denied her satisfaction, Salome performs a seductive dance at her stepfather Herod’s birthday feast.
    E.R. Zarevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The medieval image of rape—as the act of a violent stranger upon a chaste victim who goes straight to the authorities—persisted undisturbed in American courts through the nineteen-sixties.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • These models are trained on vast, unlicensed datasets scraped from internet and music platforms.
    Virginie Berger, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • However, Large Language Models have scraped most of the data that is easily available Expect 2025 to show increasing efforts to obtain data, whether these are business contracts to acquire data, labeling systems to curate yet-untapped data, deploying more sensors, and so on.
    Nisha Talagala, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Gloria, her shy and soft-spoken best friend, lives with her Ghanaian father in a modest apartment, rarely speaking to a mother who moved to Germany years ago.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The decline was sharper than predicted by a Reuters poll of analysts, reversing January’s modest 0.5% increase and marking the first contraction since January 2024.
    John Liu, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • With the exception of the Russell 2000, which gained 1%, none of the major indices bothered to get out of bed the day after Christmas.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, if you can’t be bothered even to reach for the remote to select this new button, the latest firmware update will also automatically start playing the next episode after a countdown.
    John Archer, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Working closely with theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, Nolan ensures that Interstellar remains scientifically grounded while still pushing the limits of cinematic imagination.
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The resolution also did not appear to be grounded on district data for such topics as suspension rates, graduation rates, attendance or use of mental health support, Agnew said.
    Keri Brenner, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025
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“G-rated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/G-rated. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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