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scale

[skeyl] / skeɪl /


VERB
ascend, climb
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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The robotics company on Wednesday said the funding aims to scale production to several million robots by 2030 as demand for physical AI expands across manufacturing, logistics, healthcare and consumer applications.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The letter called the scale a “continuous measure of socioeconomic disadvantage” that includes parental income and education, growing up in a medically underserved area and other socioeconomic variables.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Those permitted upgrades are also allowed to spend extra money under the engine budget cap, on a sliding scale depending on the performance deficit.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

"But discovering a necropolis of this scale was completely unexpected: the size of distribution, the depth and the age range were far beyond anything we had imagined," Xiaotong Peng said.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The scale of the theft was a job for a Consummate Professional, not a Secret Admirer or a Lone Madman.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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