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as in balance
a device for measuring weight I hate getting on the bathroom scale

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noun (2)

as in plate
a small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale scales of mica were embedded in the granite

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Noun
That recognized a moral responsibility to try to balance the scales, but the court no longer tries. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2025 This kind of structure offers a powerful model for de-risking investment and catalyzing private capital at scale. Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
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According to the National Urban League, DEI job postings declined 44% from 2022 to 2023, and major companies like Google and Meta scaled back programs supporting Black talent. Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025 The three ultra moderates also voiced alarm at their colleagues’ decision to scale back the mayor’s plan for increasing hiring at the fire department. David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for scale
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Verb
  • The most telling way to measure Timber’s impact is that, even when White returned from injury in February, Arteta stuck with the Dutchman until he was lost to the ankle problem that kept him out for the final month of the season.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 28 May 2025
  • Boyer and his colleagues measured the concentrations of ammonia and other gases in the air roughly five miles away from a colony of 60,000 Adélie penguins in Antarctica.
    Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2025
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  • Investors and economic policymakers pore over surveys like these, which can help gauge economic conditions sooner than official government data can.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
  • Critics of the new requirements say that while the questions don’t explicitly ask candidates about their political preferences, which is prohibited under federal law, they can be used to gauge applicants’ political leanings.
    Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025

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