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
The aircraft transitioned cleanly between modes, a step developers see as critical for scaling eVTOLs beyond short hops.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Feb. 2026
Ives pointed to the difficulty scaling up enterprise AI tools for use at large companies with thousands of employees, who’ve developed processes using other products.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2026
The Washington Post is making sweeping job cuts to its newsroom, scaling back foreign coverage and shutting down some sections of the paper.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
And legislators here already have been talking about scaling back their savings efforts to sustain and grow key investments that effectively provide relief to working families.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
Homan has offered no clear timeline for scaling back federal operations.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 2 Feb. 2026
Last month, as the sky faded to cotton candy pink, Colby spotted nearly a dozen sheep scaling the side of a mountain.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
The blueprint involves scaling back to a monthly publication and implementing a hybrid business model where the Reader reverts to a for-profit newspaper, backed by philanthropic support.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Forbes has compiled a list of 20 big private equity zombies—businesses that are either scaling back or simply treading water.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Feb. 2026
Ives pointed to the difficulty scaling up enterprise AI tools for use at large companies with thousands of employees, who’ve developed processes using other products.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2026
The Washington Post is making sweeping job cuts to its newsroom, scaling back foreign coverage and shutting down some sections of the paper.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
And legislators here already have been talking about scaling back their savings efforts to sustain and grow key investments that effectively provide relief to working families.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
Homan has offered no clear timeline for scaling back federal operations.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 2 Feb. 2026
Last month, as the sky faded to cotton candy pink, Colby spotted nearly a dozen sheep scaling the side of a mountain.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
The blueprint involves scaling back to a monthly publication and implementing a hybrid business model where the Reader reverts to a for-profit newspaper, backed by philanthropic support.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Forbes has compiled a list of 20 big private equity zombies—businesses that are either scaling back or simply treading water.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scaling
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Miroslav Aradski, associate vice president of BCA Research's global investment strategy team, said different methods of measuring drawdowns can yield very different conclusions.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026
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Hyperia then automatically slews to the target and performs an operation called astrometry – measuring the precise positions of stars to double-check its accuracy.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Jan. 2026
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Ryan Wrasse, a spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, confirmed congressional leaders were gauging support early Thursday evening for fast-tracking the agreement through the Senate.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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Another similar assumption is that since LLMs are tuned by AI makers to be sycophantic, the AI might computationally be gauging that the best way to make the user feel good is by going along with a delusion-crafting chat.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Scaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaling. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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