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Recent Examples of scalelike
This upright evergreen has flat sprays of scalelike, aromatic, yellow-green to green foliage.
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Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2023
The rover began exploring the Marker Band feature — which was found to have thin, hard rocks covering the surface is a scalelike pattern — in 2022.
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Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
10 Feb. 2023
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2023
The rover began exploring the Marker Band feature — which was found to have thin, hard rocks covering the surface is a scalelike pattern — in 2022.
—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
10 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalelike
Adjective
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Then, in December 2025, Coulier revealed he had been recently diagnosed with p16 squamous carcinoma, a type of head and neck cancer found at the base of his tongue.
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Summit plans to report progression-free survival results from squamous patients in the global Harmoni-3 trial in the second half of this year.
Adjective
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Those headaches were worth it when scaled media businesses threw off gushers of cash and provided a cultural imprimatur that few other assets could.
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Many organizations are experimenting with AI in HR but have yet to achieve scaled impact.
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“Scalelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalelike. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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