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scale

[skeyl] / skeɪl /


VERB
ascend, climb
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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The La Verne battery fire is much smaller in scale but nonetheless alarming for those who had to leave their homes or deal with the closure of schools due to the potential of hazardous fumes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

He called for a renewed emphasis on technical education and wanted to see a decade of council house building on the scale of the post-war Labour government.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Even after recognizing other financial benefits of ownership, such as a tax code that puts a thumb on the scale toward buying, opportunity cost makes the returns to homeownership considerably less spectacular.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Deployment of fully autonomous drones at scale could reduce the personnel required to operate large numbers.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Kin’s smile remained as he looked at the scale, before he really took in what it was.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

The X-48, a scaled down model of an airliner that blends wing and fuselage to create a single lifting body, flew in 2007.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

They have also scaled back efforts to send informational materials to clinicians and pharmacies ahead of respiratory-virus season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Those experiments will help determine whether the technology can be scaled for broader commercial and industrial use.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

In recent months, Russia has scaled up the intensity and frequency of its attacks against the Ukrainian capital.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

She once scaled a rooftop at work, in their virtual parkour station, but that was an illusion.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

“By scaling up proven and efficient pollution-cutting programs, states can deliver savings for families and businesses, while making a huge impact on our national emissions. More states should follow their lead.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Alderslade said the answer was airspace reform and scaling up sustainable fuels - such as those made from waste oil and plant matter.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

FDEs typically then pass the project on to other Accenture counterparts to handle the actual scaling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

“Every mature transportation system is built around fully reusable vehicles. It’s the only way to reach the cost floor while scaling availability,” Stoke co-founder Andy Lapsa said in a statement.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

He impressed classmates—one of whom was Lauro Müller—when he climbed Sugar Loaf mountain, scaling it with only a rope.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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