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score

[skawr, skohr] / skɔr, skoʊr /


NOUN
musical arrangement
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Reviewing the musical before it transferred to Broadway, our critic praised it as “an exuberant parade of song, dance, preening and posing that revitalizes Mr. Lloyd Webber’s enduring score with wit, invention and roof-rattling energy.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

But they failed to score again after leaving seven runners stranded.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

Despite being three over for the day through five holes, she sank five birdies to shoot two under par and build on her opening-round score of 66.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Bernhardt Tiede can have a stroke in a cell recorded to be above 110 degrees, sue over it, and still not carry a score by the time his own case reaches trial.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2026

He then offhandedly placed his score sheet on the table so that Tal could see it, and while the clock remained running, he watched Tal to gauge his reaction.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

He urged Notre Dame to close scores of courses with tiny enrollments and suggested students be required to live on-campus because about 25% of the dorm rooms were vacant.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Porto Germeno and other villages were evacuated when the fire broke out on Friday but local authorities say scores of homes were damaged or destroyed.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

An elderly England fan, probably close to the age I am now, 76, was serenading a group of supporters by singing, "Geoff Hurst scores for all the goals, hallelujah!"

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Cocoa extract did not produce a significant improvement in functional health scores across the study population as a whole.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Bit by bit scores of others emerged, their shiny black bodies, flailing limbs, and beady eyes glinting in the early-morning sun.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

Flavio scored 43 percent despite being battered by a series of scandals.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

The Brazil international, 29, scored a last-minute winner as 10-man Spurs beat Chelsea 2-1 in a high-profile friendly in Sydney.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

The episode and related video content scored 8.7 million views, with 86% of viewers under 34.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

In a Cornell study, 89 older dogs completed simple movement tasks—including getting up and walking, stepping over low obstacles and moving from lying down to standing—while observers scored their performance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

She had such pretty eyes, and I loved to find them on me when I did something well, like answered a question correctly or scored a goal on the football field.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Root has sparkled since relinquishing the captaincy, averaging over 54 since June 2022 compared to an average of 46.44 in the five years prior and scoring 16 of his 41 Test centuries.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Nylah, who is 5-foot-11, is Eagle Rock’s versatile quarterback and scoring guard.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

What they’re doing instead is leaning on a scoring system that lets them describe the problem as smaller than it is.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2026

Former Barnsley defender Stones made 295 appearances for City, scoring 19 goals, after joining from Everton for £47.5m in 2016.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

And as they expected more of me, I expected more of myself, and it just grew and grew until I was scoring twelve points a game.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie




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