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The scale of the cliff “is what has driven, and will continue to drive, companies to seek out new growth opportunities,” said Greg Graves, a senior partner in the life sciences division of McKinsey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The scale of public involvement is also reflected in the study's authorship.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
She reckons Sembcorp Green Infra could support a low-to-mid-teens percentage fair multiple, citing its established scale, secured growth pipeline and profitability among factors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
While GTA 6 appears to break new ground in terms of visuals and scale, it is still, at its heart, a Grand Theft Auto game.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The stacked kippot completely cover Dad’s scale model of the surrounding mountains, showing where Dino-land is supposed to go.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
“In a market where almost every scaled operator is sold out, Meta is a very rare potential merchant seller of surplus capacity,” Mahaney wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Markets have also scaled back expectations for higher interest rates following recent U.S. economic data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Warner Bros. had scaled back offerings following Discovery’s $43-billion takeover of WarnerMedia in 2022 as it struggled to contain the debt from that deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
He scaled down other exercises the following year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
It was his jaw that had scaled itself down—bone loss had been kind.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
The entire federal government is scaling back on providing services to the public.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
On the earnings call, Cerebras flagged that it was continuing to work on scaling wafer supply, manufacturing capacity and data-center capacity.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
The paper's headline references Kim's "respect" for the US after Donald Trump ordered the scaling back of military exercises with South Korea, citing a "very good relationship" with the North Korean leader.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The recent scaling back of rate-rise bets sent the DXY dollar index to a 10-week low of 99.294 Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
In scaling up a community health project such as Socios en Salud into a national one, Jim and Paul faced many challenges.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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