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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.
—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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This includes cancers of the lip, mouth, upper throat (nasopharyngeal), middle throat (oropharyngeal), lower throat (hypopharyngeal), voice box (laryngeal), salivary gland and metastatic squamous neck cancer.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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Coulier was diagnosed with P16 squamous carcinoma, a type of head and neck cancer, when doctors noticed a flare-up on the base of his tongue during a routine check-up and PET scan.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Safdie could have doubled down on the shorts, scaled production, and chased the surge in demand.—
Amy Francombe,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2026
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Expliseat has navigated the challenging transition from startup to scaled manufacturer, moving from outsourced production to internalized assembly – a critical step that its CEO sees as foundational to the company's ambitious growth plans.—
Karl Moore,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Scalelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalelike. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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