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scale

[skeyl] / skeɪl /


VERB
ascend, climb
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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It says it "requires, building, commercialising and operating products and services… at a scale that has not been previously achieved".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Even before the U.S. intervention this January ended oil shipments to Cuba, Venezuela’s economic distress drove Caracas to scale back its support.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

In its initial-public-offering filing, SpaceX said its projected $26.5 trillion AI total addressable market will be “constrained by Earth’s inability to rapidly scale power generation.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Another study published in May by University of Cincinnati economists Nathan Hudson and Hernan Moscoso Boedo found evidence of similar trends and on a global scale since 2007.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The full scale of World War II still surprises people today.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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