scale

Example Sentences

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The scale of the U.S. military presence in Europe shrank after the Cold War.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

That’s because if high-income shoppers scale back their spending, then the other horizontal lines of the “E” — the lower and middle classes — may not have enough spending power to keep the economy afloat.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

But as attractive as they sound, SMRs are viewed as unproven at commercial scale.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

There are fewer people in the bureau, which has offices dispersed across the country, and they’re trying to tackle the same scale of data as they do in normal times.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

She ushered us into an unoccupied all-white room with a set of cabinets and a big scale on top of a table.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas