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[skohp] / skoʊp /


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“There may be scope for a near-term rupee rebound, but we remain cautious given elevated oil prices, high U.S. Treasury yields and persistent portfolio outflows,” the strategists wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The department did not disclose the scope of the investigation or what agents were seeking.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

“The scope and detail of these operations amazes me,” wrote commenter Clark Ackerman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

There are also ways to increase tax revenue for Social Security outside the scope of salaries.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The entire animal kingdom was beyond her scope; apparently she could resurrect only the cute dead.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The employees worked at faster paces, took on broader scopes of tasks and ended up working more hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

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

His advice for birders hoping to see the roseate spoonbill is to not look for the bird, but to look for the hoards of people carrying cameras and spotting scopes.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

“Well, I ain’t babysitting you all night, so you better do something,” Kenya says, and scopes the room.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

It said residents and workers suffered while the council "dither around a deal already scoped out at conciliation service Acas".

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026

He kept the book tightly scoped, Jan. 7–24, ending with President Trump’s visit to the Palisades with Gov. Newsom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026

I bobbed my head to the music and scoped the room.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds

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

But if Harrison's strategy was scoping out the competition on the start line, Katie's was a lot more practical.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 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

There’s a woman standing next to her, scoping out the scene like she’s a member of the Secret Service.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina




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