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score

[skawr, skohr] / skɔr, skoʊr /


NOUN
musical arrangement
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An opportunistic theater troupe handed out 3,000 score sheets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Even so, most teens are not learning core skills — more than 50% failed a diagnostic test from the National Financial Educators Council, and the average score among 15- to 18-year-olds was just 64%.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

The game plan worked well enough in Game 1, where a mishandled puck led to Logan O’Connor’s breakaway goal early in the third period, a score that proved to be the difference.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

In the yearlong Phase 2b study, nearly 40% of patients who received Nektar’s treatment, rezpegaldesleukin, showed a 50% or better improvement in their severity of alopecia score, compared to 13.6% of placebo patients.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

“With a score like that, you’ll be lucky to even make the finals.”

From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon




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