scaling
Example Sentences
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The cuts are not uniform, with areas of the campus scaling back in different ways.
From Los Angeles Times
As the defendant's girlfriend was too exhausted to move, he left her to find help, scaling the summit and descending on the other side, he says.
From BBC
Lately, they have ranged from the potential scaling back of steel tariffs to the appointment of a new Federal Reserve chairman.
Ukrainian servicemen this winter said that Russia was scaling up their use and that the devices would have a significant impact on the front lines if Ukraine couldn’t counter them.
Now, auto companies and battery makers are scaling back.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
