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
Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
The lushness on-screen hits hard, and the scale of the enterprise (both as image and experience) is physically and sensorially overwhelming.
—Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
For decades, the American Dream of Indian techies fueled not just Silicon Valley's rise but also a parallel growth spurt in India, as third-party IT service firms scaled up and Indian tech talent migrated overseas.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The idea, Fuentes-Medel said, is to identify the materials, perhaps through a kind of AI data modeling, and figure out how they can best be recovered and funneled to secondary markets at scale.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
The lushness on-screen hits hard, and the scale of the enterprise (both as image and experience) is physically and sensorially overwhelming.
—Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
Saitex is scaling business in a sustainable way.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
For decades, the American Dream of Indian techies fueled not just Silicon Valley's rise but also a parallel growth spurt in India, as third-party IT service firms scaled up and Indian tech talent migrated overseas.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scale
Verb
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This Melissa & Doug Chef Dress-Up Set includes everything your budding culinary star needs to really dress the part, including a machine-washable chef's coat with name tag, toque, and oven mitt, along with wooden spoons and measuring spoons.—
Katrina Cossey,
Parents,
1 Oct. 2025
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The game will be streamed at Albertsons Stadium on the south end zone video board, which measures 120 feet wide by 50 feet tall.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Sep. 2025
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Doing so, as Buffett argued in 2001, can be used to gauge whether the stock market is overvalued or undervalued relative to the size of the wider economy.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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This will allow fans to gauge the best shooters in the league, Rohlf said, not just on raw shooting numbers but also comparative ones.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Scale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scale. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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