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

This study improves on that by capturing changes at a much finer scale.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 3, 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

Once the needle settled, she scratched away on her clipboard, while Fig hurtled off the scale, dashing back to the safety of his carrier.

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