scale
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As frontier models automate vulnerability discovery at machine scale, security chiefs scramble to automate patching before hackers weaponize flaws.
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
"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
He said: "These things are toxic, extremely toxic, in extremely small concentrations... and it's only now we're starting to glimpse the full scale of contamination."
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Scientists rate the strength of an earthquake using the moment magnitude scale, a system that gauges the amount of energy released by the quake and assigns it a number.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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