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[skohp] / skoʊp /


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What’s more, the contract must have specific details about the scope of the work, price, payment schedule, start and completion dates, and other required terms.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

Moreover, there are persisting concerns on the scope for a return to growth in 2027 and a large patent cliff problem further out, the analyst said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

The Commissioner's office said the scope of the review had been carefully designed to avoid interfering with other judicial or conduct processes.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

The two provisions bundled together differ enormously in scope.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

An archaic sociologist living 20,000 years ago, who had no knowledge of events following the Agricultural Revolution, might well have concluded that mythology had a fairly limited scope.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Meanwhile, night-vision rifle scopes paired with cutting-edge thermal-imaging binoculars open the night woods to hunting in ways that were impossible just a few years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

Reporting begins in 2026 on scopes 1 and 2 and in 2027 on scope 3.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 25, 2025

He said those delays would put Orsted in "a situation where we would need to go out and recontract all or very large scopes of the project at expectedly higher prices."

From Reuters Nov. 3, 2023

Vitale, on social media Tuesday, said he will have two scopes within the next five days to determine if his 35 radiation treatments “wiped out” his vocal cord cancer.

From Washington Times Oct. 11, 2023

I focus my attention on a lethal-looking bow so loaded down with scopes and gadgetry, I’m certain I can’t even lift it, let alone shoot it.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy meanwhile scoped the industry out for a possible partner for Spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

Those goals, he argued, were "scoped and reasonable objectives that can be attained."

From Barron's Mar. 3, 2026

Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who lives in Los Angeles and is a preeminent sports surgeon, doesn’t currently count Vonn among his current patients but he has scoped her knee twice to remove scar tissue.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2026

Washington’s broadly scoped My Health My Data Act gives individuals more control over their biometric data.

From Slate Jun. 17, 2024

Steve scoped out all of my new Lego kits I’d built since he was last over.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

Seeing that Boeing employees were scoping him out gave Conrad confidence that he was in the running.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

The bicycles caught the eye of project director Giovanna Araujo as she was scoping out the basement for sites to bore holes for geotechnical testing.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Ardern and her husband were seen scoping out properties for sale in Sydney's beachside northern suburbs of Freshwater and Curl Curl, property website realestate.com.au said.

From Barron's Feb. 26, 2026

Published under the title "Microplastics and Global Warming: A Hidden Climate Threat Uncovered in a New Perspective," the study provides a scoping review of existing research.

From Science Daily Jan. 17, 2026

She would stick to her plan of moving through the city methodically, neighborhood by neighborhood, scoping out the streets and canals.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat




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