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scale

[skayl] / skeɪl /


VERB
ascend, climb
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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Also central to both artists’ work is the human scale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Morgan Stanley says in a note that it’s time to scale back exposure because a meaningful portion of the company’s apparent AI potential is already priced-in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

But she explained that there were "no easy choices" given the scale of the financial savings the trust had been asked to find.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

On particularly bad days, readings can reach 500, the highest point on India's scale.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Those who lived through World War I called it the Great War because of its massive scale: some two dozen countries joined the conflict, which swept across continents and killed perhaps 20 million people.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Dole also closed an Oxnard berry cooling facility and scaled back its operations there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

ServiceNow shared that the company’s investments in cybersecurity are paying off as customers move from AI pilots to scaled production, resulting in an uptick in deal volume.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

The robotics supply chain is set to benefit ahead of scaled deployment of humanoid robots, Morgan Stanley says in a research note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

But the BBC Sport team witnessed those barriers being scaled, broken and ripped down and several people being evicted by security after making their way through.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

An inflatable solar system hung from the ceiling, with the sun and eight planets scaled to size, along with various starship Enterprise models.

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

The activists made it on to the site by scaling barrier fences despite a police presence.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Speaking at the WSJ Tech conference, Dina Powell McCormick said the company is more optimistic about scaling up its existing data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

As new consumer habits unfold, Google is working on scaling ads within AI Overviews and AI Mode.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

NBC News revealed that “the U.S. military has been quietly scaling back its troop presence at bases across the Middle East as well.”

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

Brullo shouted something at the other nineteen remaining Champions scaling the castle walls, but from seventy feet up, the wind carried his words away.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas


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