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scale

[skeyl] / skeɪl /


VERB
ascend, climb
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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Local initiatives backed by organisations like Aliph and Blue Shield International can make a difference on a small scale.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

The imposing, stylish set is a two-story white house built to scale by designer Saul Kim, with glass walls facing the audience.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

The researchers combined genetic evidence with physical traits, including differences in scale counts, to distinguish L. slashi from related snakes.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

And it has put pressure on the government, less than a year after ministers acknowledged the scale of the issue and declared gender-based violence a national disaster.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

She trotted to the road with the scale a gentle weight in her pocket, heading toward the village.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

Several defense companies are working on a new generation of interceptors, but the solutions haven’t been scaled so far, Ukrainian officials say.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Across commercial-focused search queries, Google’s position “remains scaled and broadly stable,” Mahaney said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

That compatibility suggests devices based on the technique could potentially be scaled up relatively quickly.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

It said the plans had been scaled back and it hoped the parade would be allowed along the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Peter shadowed the entrance ramp, crouching low, then, at a break in traffic, ran down the culvert, scaled the chain-link fence, and dropped to the other side, his heart beating hard.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

On carbon removals, he added this was more challenging to deploy, and the aviation sector "cannot and should not shoulder the burden of scaling up this industry alone", and needed government support.

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

Give him six months of training and his alpine lineage and preternatural athleticism could have him scaling Everest and snowboarding down it.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

Morgan analysts said in a client note last month, is the “largest bottleneck” keeping the industry from scaling.

From MarketWatch Sep. 5, 2026

Kids were climbing fences and scaling fire escapes of strangers’ houses, just to see what they could see.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin




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