: an increase according to a fixed ratio

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Lower energy prices for consumers will require the scale-up of renewables, the quickest and fastest source of electric power to bring online. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2026 Neuralink’s scale-up The company also secured $650 million in a funding round in June. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026 The scale-up network market As promising as their tech sounds, Point2 and AttoTude will have to overcome the data-center industry’s long history with copper. IEEE Spectrum, 27 Dec. 2025 One of them, though, will be of particular interest to Britain’s startup and scale-up businesses. Ian King, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scale-up

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First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of scale-up was in 1945

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“Scale-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scale-up. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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