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scale

noun as in thin covering, skin

verb as in ascend, climb

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verb as in measure

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Example Sentences

Paul Fleming, general secretary of arts union Equity, agreed that new opera productions and engagement programmes in Manchester were welcome, but said "it falls short of a season at the scale audiences deserve".

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However, a lack of data means it is hard to quantify the scale of the contamination, and where tainted drinks enter the supply chain.

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Because of the scale of opposition to his plans, the government held a referendum on them in 2004, in the North-East region where support was thought to be strongest.

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Dylan Thomas had been arrested weeks earlier for trying to scale the fence at Buckingham Palace, and is being treated for schizophrenia at a secure hospital.

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In order to close this gap and demonstrate the reliability of the ANE method for visualising magnetic structures on the nanometre scale, the researchers used a magnetic vortex structure.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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