scales
Example Sentences
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Clancy’s lawyer tried to have that person removed—but the judge declined, saying he didn’t want to tip the scales to one side or the other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Researchers are probing scales as small as 10-20 meters at the LHC, a distance that is to an atom, what an atom is to a human.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
It then uses ranks of those variables rather than raw values, to ease interpretation over different scales.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
From next month, trials will be given a fixed date rather than placed on floating lists in what Burnham said was an effort to "rebalance the scales of justice and put victims first".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
She dropped to her knees in front of Håkon, frantic to hide his scales from the approaching bogatyr.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
