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score

[skawr, skohr] / skɔr, skoʊr /


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

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

Malcolm says “orthosomnia”—where chasing the perfect score worsens sleep—is real.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

Amy Hunter top-scored with 39 but no Irish batter was able to score at a strike-rate above 100 and the run-rate spiralled beyond their grasp, as Mady Villiers and Lauren Filer took three wickets apiece.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

Yet they have now failed to score in three successive Premier League games for the first time since November 2021, and improvement is needed at misfiring Spurs.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

“Not the highest score in the region, by any means, but just high enough.”

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

Both of his scores were set up by interceptions off Cal’s star quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele by Bruins defensive back Ta’Shawn James, the senior came entered the game with no previous interceptions.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

“I’m not in the moment wondering if I’m being too greedy,” said Angel Gutierrez, a full-time options trader who built an agent that scores contracts to determine when to sell.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

Just as Bernhard sang it over the opening of “Unzipped,” the same song scores the beginning of Mizrahi’s triumphant Fall/Winter 1995 presentation.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

We do know that scores of mothers saw Lindsay Clancy and felt a twinge of understanding.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

Then Liz chimes in with, “I have lost so much study time for my exams, if I get terrible scores, it’s on you.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Western Michigan kicker Dieter Kelly scored all 12 of the Broncos’ points as the 27.5-point underdogs nearly upset No. 16 Michigan before losing 13-12 on a Hail Mary touchdown.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

It was Reece James, who began his career as a right-back, who failed to track captain Martin Odegaard as he scored Arsenal's winner at Emirates Stadium.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

He rushed for 29 yards and scored a touchdown.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

Striker Benjamin Sesko scored his first goal of a season - the start to which has been delayed for longer than anticipated by a shin injury.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

And however much they played and were children, still their faces were scored with the knowledge and cares that children should not have, their eyes were knowing and guileful beyond their years.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Vardy, who won 26 caps for England, scoring seven goals, spent 13 years at Leicester after signing from non-league Fleetwood Town in 2012.

From BBC Sep. 6, 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

Teoscar Hernández stepped into exactly the kind of situation the Dodgers had failed to capitalize on during the past couple of games: runners in scoring position.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

A wide variety of microbes, which would have been indetectable with conventional scoring techniques, was found in essentially every site examined.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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