: an increase according to a fixed ratio

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European scale-ups have long scaled under tighter capital constraints than their American counterparts. Aman Ghei, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025 Four operators—Plug and Play, Supermomos, SOSA, and The Clean Fight—will host more than 50 global scale-ups in AI, climate, medtech, and life sciences over the next year. Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Such a development would position Arista to compete with Nvidia in the scale-up network market as opposed to the AI chip market, Koontz said. Sean Conlon, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025 Meanwhile, the recent multi-phase collaboration agreement with ATB will support SOLO development by advancing component readiness and accelerating production scale-up to deliver a market-ready clean energy solution that positions Terra Innovatum for commercial launch. Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 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 30 Sep. 2025.

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