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score

[skawr, skohr] / skɔr, skoʊr /


NOUN
musical arrangement
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Some students earned the highest score multiple years before they were reclassified.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Clinicians can click on the icon to see how the patient’s risk has changed and what factors are contributing to the score.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

In the early 2000s, Premier League defences tried to make the pitch as small as possible, giving their opposition less space to score in.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The senior running back who had to take over at quarterback rushes for 218 yards and four touchdowns, including a clinching 91-yard score to seal the win.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

That wouldn’t even the score, exactly, but it would help.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

USC, for example, remains test optional, meaning students can choose to have their scores considered in the admission process, but doing so is not mandatory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Asian students had the highest scores, followed by people of two or more races, white students, Pacific Islanders, American Indians, Latinos and Black students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Livia scores her narration of these events with her most beloved compositions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

After coffee returned to their diets, both groups reported lower perceived stress, depression and impulsivity scores.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

It was only to be expected on all scores that Bellerophon should seem less mortal than divine.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

It’s physical evidence that I scored that goal in college, and what I remember is that my teammates jumped over the boards to pile on top of me afterward, genuinely happy for me.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

In my office: an Underwood No. 5 typewriter and a hockey puck in a Plexiglas case — the actual puck from the only goal I ever scored playing college hockey, in 1977.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

By breaking quickly, Chelsea scored their third against Brighton in what became a two-against-two situation.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Rams did produce a few highlights: Stafford passed for two touchdowns, tight end Tyler Higbee and receiver Konata Mumpfield scored, Harrison Mevis kicked four field goals and defensive back Josh Wallace intercepted a pass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

She’s smiling at least as wide as she did when she scored the winning goal in the spring soccer championships, and I stretch my smile out to match.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Quins' Tyrone Green made what he thought would be a scoring pass to Oscar Beard, only for Bath full-back Santi Carreras to lunge foot-first between the two.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

But the real hero was Jackson, who led two scoring drives in a 90-second span—and played like a vintage version of himself coming off the most disappointing season of his career.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

After scoring the Republic of Ireland's third goal, Jack Moylan removed his armband and kissed it before kissing his team's badge.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

With every snap he took, he showed how different he was from the inconsistent hotshot he’d once been, completing 19 of 25 passes and leading Oregon on six scoring drives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

The Blue Springs Liberty Fire had a 3-2 record, but they were capable of scoring a lot of goals.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John




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