scales

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He slinks along a wall, scales a cliff, navigates drain pipes and leaps up and down from his preferred perch—behind the left shoulder of Din Djarin, aka the Mandalorian warrior.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Quantum mechanics operates on incredibly tiny scales, and scientists are constantly developing more precise tools to measure and control phenomena such as photons, the particles that carry light.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Nordeen, meanwhile, is working with the compute team, which builds and scales Claude’s infrastructure.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Fallen fruit squishes under shoes as people walk back to the scales with their buckets full of red Bing and Brooks cherries, and yellow Rainiers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

I wanted to reach out and touch its back, which was covered in denticles, V-shaped scales that were like teeth all over the shark’s body.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen