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“Evidence in support of a particular tool’s benefits should be extremely clear before these tools are rolled out at scale for children and teens.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Support from Cancer Grand Challenges has allowed Cao, as co-lead of Team PROSPECT, to investigate this question on a much larger scale.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
The sheer scale of Reform's record-breaking donation windfall has prompted an urgent debate across the parties.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
As swindlers scale up this scam, we all need to be more vigilant, no matter how we pronounce “caramel” or “aunt.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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
It later scaled back its direct role while continuing to back Yemen’s internationally recognized government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
She has noted that he is difficult to manage, so I figured she just pawned him off on me now that the company has scaled up.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Cook scaled it massively thanks to his supply-chain brilliance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
It said the plans had been scaled back and it hoped the parade would be allowed along the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Now there were only trees, their gray-brown trunks scaled with lichen, and every so often the sound of a squirrel or rabbit bounding through the underbrush.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
Last month, LIV confirmed it was "scaling back operations" and some employees were laid off at the start of September.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
FDEs typically then pass the project on to other Accenture counterparts to handle the actual scaling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Give him six months of training and his alpine lineage and preternatural athleticism could have him scaling Everest and snowboarding down it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Morgan analysts said in a client note last month, is the “largest bottleneck” keeping the industry from scaling.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
I heard Panther barking in the backyard, looked out, and there was Fufi, scaling the wall.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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