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score

[skawr, skohr] / skɔr, skoʊr /


NOUN
musical arrangement
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Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5 led the main leaderboard with a score of 12%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Boston’s only score came from Brazilian striker Amanda Gutierres just before intermission.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

On that score, Netflix has been the envy of streaming: Its customers rarely cancel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Collin Sexton came off the bench to score 14 points.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

On the former score, Adams had the misfortune to become the first occupant of what he described as “the most insignificant office that ever the Invention of Man contrived or his Imagination conceived.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“If we exclude cyber, biology and alignment—the three domains where safety classifiers sometimes kick in,” OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra scores highest with 11.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Gabriel Pirani scores the equalizer in a four-goal first half to help the Galaxy earn a 2-2 draw with San Diego FC.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Commodus’s idea of a good time was to dress up in gladiator costume and kill scores of wild animals in the Colosseum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Moloney-MacDonald's third and fourth scores soon after the restart put England 20 points clear and the outcome out of doubt.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

What Farmer didn’t know, Jeff added, was that the Warden bragged about PJ. constantly—his test scores, his full scholarship to Duke—but only when PJ. wasn’t around.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The 29-year-old midfielder immediately scored two doubles for Napoli following his comeback from minor heart surgery.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

When Martin Boyle and Jamie McGrath scored before the break it was only what Hibs deserved.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Long-striding, hard-fending Chapman scored a double down the left and fellow wing Abbi Church powered through weak tackles on the right.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Corum gained 746 yards and scored six touchdowns in 145 carries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

“You’d be correct. You scored a four out of one hundred. And that’s probably due to a few good guesses, am I right?”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Jonsdottir put the game away with her franchise-record 10th goal of the year on a breakaway in the 72nd minute and Emslie closed the scoring 12 minutes later with her first goal since September 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

But that was as close as the visitors would get, with Sergi Roberto closing out the scoring with his first MLS goal in the 66th minute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Shearer became a club legend himself, spending 10 years in the north east and scoring 206 goals in 405 appearances across all competitions.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

After that game, in which Doncic posted 28 points and seven assists, Lendeborg was not impressed by the Lakers’ scoring sensation, saying he “lost all respect” for Doncic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

It’s like a hundred touchdowns scoring at once.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli


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