as in measuring
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 scaling
Everpure said that their FlashBlades deliver ultra-low latency and leverage KV Cache Accelerators to optimize memory efficient during inference, scaling as needed with various FlashBlade products to expand to support a large AI factory.
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Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Stripe recently revealed data showing that the top 100 AI-native companies are scaling from $1 million to $30 million ARR five times faster than previous software generations.
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Carl Fritjofsson,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
Financial backers and corporate partners indicate that moving high-density computing to the ocean offers a viable template for scaling global technology infrastructure while mitigating the economic and ecological impact on civilian communities.
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Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
There have been times over those 20 years when Messi, while scaling extraordinary heights for Barcelona, has clearly struggled with that burden of expectation when playing for his country.
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Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Facilities upgrades are coming, tested first in three to five stores before scaling.
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Rita Omokha,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
Archer is scaling for the mega sporting event and attempting to build an operational hub for the area's impending air taxi network.
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Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
However, over the last decade, multi-location brands have realized that scaling these efforts with small teams or overburdening local managers isn't sustainable.
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Afif Khoury,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
Recommendations include scaling back protection for foreign leaders during peak election season and exploring the possibility of moving the agency out of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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Joseph Epstein,
Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2024
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Stripe recently revealed data showing that the top 100 AI-native companies are scaling from $1 million to $30 million ARR five times faster than previous software generations.
—
Carl Fritjofsson,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
Financial backers and corporate partners indicate that moving high-density computing to the ocean offers a viable template for scaling global technology infrastructure while mitigating the economic and ecological impact on civilian communities.
—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
There have been times over those 20 years when Messi, while scaling extraordinary heights for Barcelona, has clearly struggled with that burden of expectation when playing for his country.
—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Facilities upgrades are coming, tested first in three to five stores before scaling.
—
Rita Omokha,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
Archer is scaling for the mega sporting event and attempting to build an operational hub for the area's impending air taxi network.
—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
However, over the last decade, multi-location brands have realized that scaling these efforts with small teams or overburdening local managers isn't sustainable.
—
Afif Khoury,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
Recommendations include scaling back protection for foreign leaders during peak election season and exploring the possibility of moving the agency out of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
—
Joseph Epstein,
Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scaling
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These cubes are designed to reduce the time needed for chopping and measuring.
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The National Bureau of Economic Research, a research organization seen as an authority on measuring economic performance, later said that the recession officially began in December 2007.
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That was David in Sandy Springs’ response to last week’s poll gauging your thoughts about the vanishingly slim possibility of the Braves targeting Tigers ace Tarik Skubal in a midseason trade.
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But after gauging the reluctance among the council to support Lee’s plan, Falk is back to pushing in the opposite direction.
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