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score

[skawr, skohr] / skɔr, skoʊr /


NOUN
musical arrangement
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AI's progress has been fast: at the 2024 IMO, Google achieved a silver-medal score, solving four of the six problems over two to three days.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

You likely have a high credit-utilization score, which suggests to lenders that you may be a higher risk.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

That the film also had gruesome practical effects, brilliant lead performances and an unforgettably chilling score helped, too.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

However it did not score highly when it comes to value for money.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

With two questions left to go in the round, the score was still tied.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

They were the first AI labs to announce their scores, but others from around the world may follow suit in the coming days.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Images from the scene hours after the crash showed scores of emergency service workers sorting through charred rubble in an attempt to find survivors.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Lloyd’s, which connects thousands of insurance buyers and sellers in scores of countries, says it wants to set the highest standards of corporate governance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

My husband and I earn a good income — $320,000 a year — have credit scores of 830, and our only debts are a $17,000 credit-card balance, a car loan and a mortgage.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Bit by bit scores of others emerged, their shiny black bodies, flailing limbs, and beady eyes glinting in the early-morning sun.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

All four -- from leading US labs OpenAI and Anthropic, the startup Axiom Math and "Kimi K3" from China's Moonshot AI -- scored 42 points out of 42, he said on LinkedIn.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

With the game tied at 60 entering the fourth quarter, Phoenix scored consecutive baskets and never trailed again.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

England scored three first-half tries in a hostile atmosphere as wingers Tommy Freeman and Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, who missed this year's Six Nations through injury, looked dangerous throughout the game.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

The ball hit off the heel of the Phillies shortstop’s glove, and another run scored.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

He scored on three savage drives to the basket and on two of the drives he was fouled by Sanders.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Forward Dearica Hamby anchored the Sparks with 18, scoring her team’s first seven points, and forward Rae Burrell — after starting 0-for-5 shooting — finished with 20.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

He played a starring role in two of the team’s extraordinary late comebacks, scoring the stoppage-time winner in the 3-2 victory over Egypt and tied the game against with a screamer from 20 yards.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

We liked working together, and he saw that we had a similar wavelength, and he just kind of tossed it up, like, ‘Hey, how would you feel about scoring a feature?’

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Despite scoring eight goals in 13 games for the Saudi Arabian side, he stayed for only half a season before moving to Fenerbahce on loan.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

I stood to push past Dante, who threw his legs in my way as if he were blocking me from scoring a basket.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee




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