as in balance
a device for measuring weight
I hate getting on the bathroom scale
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Relevance
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as in hierarchy
a scheme of rank or order
a student who scored very highly on a standard intelligence scale
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as in to measure
to find out the size, extent, or amount of
scaled the logs to get a rough idea of the amount of usable lumber they were likely to yield
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Recent Examples of scale
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
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
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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
Verb
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
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Verb
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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
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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
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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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“Scale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scale. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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