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But things went haywire when the company tried to produce the crackers at scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
We conclude from our findings that snake envenoming is a public health crisis on a far greater scale than official statistics have shown.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
“After seeing the work at full scale and in its permanent environment, we identified opportunities to strengthen the portrait,” Amrany and Léon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The contents of the phone enabled police to understand the scale of the operation, which was described as "a very busy operation on a national level".
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Each number on the scale is ten times more powerful than the one before it.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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ServiceNow shared that the company’s investments in cybersecurity are paying off as customers move from AI pilots to scaled production, resulting in an uptick in deal volume.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Those lessons have happened “pretty regularly” since she joined the city council in 2020, Raman said, although she scaled back once the mayoral campaign intensified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
"If the scheme is oversubscribed the larger payments should be scaled back so that smaller farmers can get a slice of the larger pot."
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
They stayed comfortably below recent multidecade highs as markets have significantly scaled back expectations of an interest-rate hike by the Federal Reserve this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Of course, he added, this was quite natural for a scientist who had achieved repeated triumphs with instruments scaled to fit on a laboratory bench.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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NBC News revealed that “the U.S. military has been quietly scaling back its troop presence at bases across the Middle East as well.”
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
CEO Elon Musk laid out ambitious targets of scaling the company’s data-center capacity to potentially 20 gigawatts by the end of 2027, up from just 1.7 gigawatts at the end of the third quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Though Disney has collaborated with creators for years, the company is now scaling its efforts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
“AI companies are scaling their workforces at unprecedented speed. The question is whether their ability to manage insider risk is scaling at the same pace”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
It was just before dawn, with no one astir but a few silent Helpers mopping floors, sweeping walkways, or scaling ladders to scrub mildew from ceilings.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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