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scope

[skohp] / skoʊp /


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The latest model fell short in terms of "staying within scope and authorisation, and how it communicates back to the user about the type of work it's done," Jain said.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The states argued the board falls within the scope of their complaint, which alleged the merger could reduce the quality and range of news available to the public.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

As a platform, all it did was "host a forum where users could post creative and ingenious content within the scope of free speech," it told the court.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The Japanese consulting and IT services company’s management has indicated that both the current-year guidance and medium-term targets are set conservatively, leaving scope for earnings outperformance over time, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

One reason Webster avoided the question is its scope.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Meanwhile, night-vision rifle scopes paired with cutting-edge thermal-imaging binoculars open the night woods to hunting in ways that were impossible just a few years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

He said those delays would put Orsted in "a situation where we would need to go out and recontract all or very large scopes of the project at expectedly higher prices."

From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2023

Vitale, on social media Tuesday, said he will have two scopes within the next five days to determine if his 35 radiation treatments “wiped out” his vocal cord cancer.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2023

His advice for birders hoping to see the roseate spoonbill is to not look for the bird, but to look for the hoards of people carrying cameras and spotting scopes.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

“Well, I ain’t babysitting you all night, so you better do something,” Kenya says, and scopes the room.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

Some Russians who have the money to travel have already scoped out destinations for the next few months where they can wait out a potential mobilization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

It said residents and workers suffered while the council "dither around a deal already scoped out at conciliation service Acas".

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

Those goals, he argued, were "scoped and reasonable objectives that can be attained."

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026

By then the third team, most likely, was laying low in the Coromandel Peninsula town of Thames, a spot scoped out by Christine Cabon months before.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025

He’d scoped out a place he knew she’d love—and she did; if she could live here under one of the tables forever, she’d be perfectly content to do just that.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Firstly, metallurgical testwork returned materially higher recoveries of precious and base metals than previously assumed in an April scoping study.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

This option was included in Metro’s initial scoping of the path in 2016 but has since been dropped, with the agency citing safety concerns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

But there is a suggestion the Italy midfielder is open to leaving St James' Park this summer, with his representatives understood to be scoping out the market to ascertain which clubs may be interested.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026

Ardern and her husband were seen scoping out properties for sale in Sydney's beachside northern suburbs of Freshwater and Curl Curl, property website realestate.com.au said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

There’s a woman standing next to her, scoping out the scene like she’s a member of the Secret Service.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina




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