scales
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Elisa Valencia recalled that she had been gathering food scales, measuring cups and trays at the start of her shift when three cooks sprinted past her, shouting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The solution is a shell-company tax that scales up based on how convoluted an organization is.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
But he started his business in 1926 and at first it manufactured scales, not jukeboxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Unlike natural DNA -- long, entangled strands that behave like wet spaghetti when handled -- short and rigid pieces of synthetic DNA can be arranged with much greater precision at extremely small scales.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
But the notes of the two scales will have different names, the scales will look very different when written, and musicians may think of them as being different.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
