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  • adjective used of beef; usable but inferior

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Examples

  • Crescent was a company that manufactured mostly utility-grade shotguns for the hardware store trade back in the late 19th on in to the early to mid 20th Century.

    The Great Barrel Break-In Fad 2007

  • If you follow that logic and spend any time thinking about the next generation of utility-grade grid computing schemas, you could posit that we are all headed for a day when every computer in America or possibly the world will have access to massive computer, and storage, clouds and that there will be companies that harness, license and provide access to this off-premises technology for others to use.

    Amazon: Transitioning Into a Technology and "Cloud Services" Company - TheShellyPalmerReport 2008

  • Erecting turbines within view of pricey coastal real estate also increases the odds of a backlash since a typical utility-grade unit includes a tower nearly as tall as the Statue of Liberty and a rotor roughly as wide as a football field is long.

    Winds Shift in Energy Debate 2008

  • Lula glanced up from the files when I slogged through the door, dripping water on the utility-grade carpet.

    Three to Get Deadly Janet Evanovich 1999

  • Magnetek's modular utility-scale power inverters regulate and transform DC power generated by renewable sources into utility-grade AC power, which is distributed to the power transmission grid.

    Magnetek Receives Orders Valued at Over $8 Million for E-Force® Renewable Energy Inverters - Yahoo! Finance 2011

  • Beacon's Smart Energy Matrix, which is now in production, operating and earning revenue, is a non-polluting, megawatt-level, utility-grade flywheel-based solution to provide sustainable frequency regulation services.

    unknown title 2011

  • One way First Solar hopes to compete is by moving downstream, developing and for a time owning projects delivering utility-grade power.

    unknown title 2011

  • Beacon's Smart Energy Matrix, which is now in production, operating and earning revenue, is a fast-response, non-polluting, megawatt-level, utility-grade flywheel-based solution to provide sustainable frequency regulation services.

    unknown title 2011

  • Satcon Technology Corporation is a leading provider of utility-grade power conversion solutions for the renewable energy market, enabling the industry's most advanced, reliable and proven clean energy alternatives.

    unknown title 2011

  • Looks like you've been hitting that Alabama utility-grade grunt weed yourself

    latimes.com - News 2011

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