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score

[skawr, skohr] / skɔr, skoʊr /


NOUN
musical arrangement
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The Reds then tied the score in the third, as Elly De La Cruz launched a two-run homer off Skubal.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The game is played in bumper-car-like carts while you wield a lacrosse-style stick and try to score, and within minutes everyone in our group was laughing.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

Merz’s Christian Democratic Union saw its score more than halve to 17.2%, worse than any poll had predicted.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

By the end of the summer, the number had become part accounting device, part civic high score.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

“Tobias, my sweater can’t possibly make anyone score baskets,” I said.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

The air traffic chaos follow a technical glitch in July last year that saw scores of flights to and from the UK cancelled, prompting anger from airline chiefs.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

Researchers compared participants' genetic data with differences in their personality scores to identify genetic variants associated with each trait.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

Though some of the decline in Welsh scores was not "statistically very robust" and science results had "stabilised", he said "unfortunately for Wales, we see that overall downward trend still continuing".

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Then the agent scores the trades based on a variety of factors.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

One hand carried a gigantic bag, the kind that holds passports, engagement diaries, and bridge scores, while the other hand toyed with that inevitable lorgnette, the enemy to other people’s privacy.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

In his first Premier League season the 25-year-old scored 14 goals and assisted five, compared with Watkins' 19 goals and 13 assists.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Hedricks later scored on a 40-yard interception return in the team’s 31-0 victory.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Jackson scored 30 goals in 81 appearances for Chelsea and the stats slightly favour England's Watkins, when they both played in the Premier League between 2023 and 2025.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Taylor, the first summer addition to arrive, joined the Galaxy in mid-July and scored his first goal in 14 months in Saturday’s win over New England.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

You loafed getting back down the court after your team scored.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Arsenal forward Russo finished third in last year's voting and enjoyed another successful individual campaign, scoring 24 goals in 40 club appearances.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Asked which is more exhilarating — scoring a goal or a touchdown — the two looked at each other and said in unison: “A touchdown!”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Stanford University sleep professor Rafael Pelayo noted that two human technicians scoring the same night often disagree by up to 20%.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

The guidelines recommend using validated risk scoring tools that take kidney function into account.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

He put an ace up on his scoring rack and piled a two, three and four of diamonds on it.

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck




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