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scale

[skeyl] / skeɪl /


VERB
ascend, climb
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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"The crisis facing the Tapanuli orangutan illustrates the convergence of climate instability, biodiversity loss, and vulnerability, calling for a coordinated response matching the scale of the threat," they report wrote.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Dana expects the transaction to deliver $250 million in annual run-rate synergies within two years of closing, driven by reduced structural costs, purchasing scale, manufacturing optimization and engineering efficiencies, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Selective hearing on this scale is wild, but it is also terrifyingly deliberate.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Flight argues that, no matter how powerful the technology of frontier models, “cost curves, capacity constraints and marginal returns” are what will determine the pace and scale of adoption.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Ending slavery was a challenge on the same gigantic scale as these earlier achievements.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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