scope
Example Sentences
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“The scale and scope of these attacks are unprecedented.”
Since the Ellisons took the helm, there has been a change in direction at CBS News and a reduction in its size and scope.
From Los Angeles Times
Analysts are forecasting that the company will generate $11.4 billion in free cash flow this year, so there is certainly scope for share repurchases.
From Barron's
If local authorities were to "raise their own revenue", some fear that councils would either be much smaller in their scope or would need to levy a wide range of charges.
From BBC
That number sounds credible "based on the scope and scale of what the administration did during that period," said Daniel Schneiderman, director of global policy programs at Penn Washington.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.