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scale

[skeyl] / skeɪl /


VERB
ascend, climb
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




Example Sentences

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General Mills has responded with product innovation and portfolio shifts, but those efforts take time to scale.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

The pay-off for that is daunting scale and cost.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

The new research, which draws on 40 years of global trade records and pathogen data, attempts to measure the relationship on a larger scale.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Revenue for this division likely grew 40% partly thanks to increasing order volume scale, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

And yet atoms can be affected by things on their own miniature scale, things so small that they are invisible to us.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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