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
Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
The company that makes reliable rockets first, and at a large scale, like SpaceX, wins contracts and consolidates its market share.
—Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2026
The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
For example, the Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin have agreed to ramp up output of THAAD and Patriot PAC-3 missile systems and the government is working with RTX to scale production across a range of missile and interceptor programs.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
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Noun
In most cases, a 21-year-old with two years remaining on a rookie-scale contract, who also essentially arrives as a blank canvas, might be home free.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
The company that makes reliable rockets first, and at a large scale, like SpaceX, wins contracts and consolidates its market share.
—Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
The recipe scales up easily to feed more people.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
For example, the Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin have agreed to ramp up output of THAAD and Patriot PAC-3 missile systems and the government is working with RTX to scale production across a range of missile and interceptor programs.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scale
Verb
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Neutrons allowed the researchers to precisely measure how the atomic vibrations changed when the electric field was applied.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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While the focus of policymakers is shifting, the steps taken so far have been relatively measured.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Which couples tend to coordinate best Choukmane said the research aims to gauge whether couples coordinate their finances as a household or instead manage their money individually.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026
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Gravitational waves have been proposed as a way of gauging the Hubble constant before, but the issue has been that the accuracy hasn't been there.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Scale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scale. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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