scales

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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

At scales roughly a billion billion times smaller than a proton, physicists propose that everything may be made of incredibly tiny vibrating strings.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

As Costco scales, it becomes increasingly difficult for competitors to match its famously low prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

"However, their efforts were in vain because Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill placed her fingers on the scales of justice, thereby denying Murdaugh his right to a fair trial by an impartial jury."

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Their hair was woven into an intricate pattern, more like the scales of fish than like any style Nhamo had seen.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer