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score

[skawr, skohr] / skɔr, skoʊr /


NOUN
musical arrangement
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A score of 0.5 indicates performance equivalent to chance, while 1.0 represents perfect discrimination.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Though the Lakers were sloppy with the ball in the fourth quarter, having six players score in double figures helped them pull out a 125-117 win over the Clippers at Crypto.com Arena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

After a score from Julia Robinson - who suffered a broken wrist shortly afterwards when being pinned by a team mate - Kelleher sliced in a swerving goal-kick of which Roberto Carlos would be proud.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Artists in either space can now score colossal hits without necessarily becoming household names.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

“You have the high score of the day so far!”

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

He also composed and wrote scores for a wide range of projects including TV dramas, documentaries and films.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Already this season, 31 games have seen game-winning scores in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime, the most through six weeks in NFL history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

On another late summer night in New York, under the red glow of the DJ booth and a canopy of globe string lights, the rooftop’s wooden floorboards dip beneath scores of platform heels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The company said that by way of example a 5-year-old with low scores on a standardized assessment and limited communication skills, who received treatment for just a short time, “would typically require high-intensity services.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The moment it happened, when I first realized how magical movie scores can be, was around Christmas last year.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

Nicolas Jackson scored twice as Aston Villa ended Manchester City's 100% winning start to the Premier League season.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The primitive AI system was given the same test and scored 55%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

After a frustrating few minutes where they had to defend deep for their clean sheet, England finally reached 80 as Brimson scored a deserved try.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The model scored 700 of 800 on the SAT’s math section—a sign of how far these systems had come and how far they still had to go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The class laughed as Shayla high-fived Ashley like she’d just scored a touchdown.

From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson

Josko Gvardiol: Given a difficult time by Alysson throughout but came close to scoring in the second half.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

There is an argument Newcastle are even yet to adequately replace forward Callum Wilson, who left the same summer as Isak after scoring 47 times in 113 Premier League appearances.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Titans are coming off their first win, although it’s not as if their offense has been unlocked — they’re 31st in scoring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

He started the game shooting five-for-five from the field and three-for-three from deep, scoring 16 points in nine minutes and fueling the Clippers’ 121-96 blowout win over the Kings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

They fought much more fiercely than Trent Bolger and Cyprian Cusumano, and I was shifting the balance of their vendetta by preventing Ali-Reza from scoring.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram


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