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
Economo and his colleagues see it as a blueprint for digitizing, standardizing, and scaling anatomy itself.
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IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026
Our shared commitment to continuing this legacy makes joining together a natural next step, in addition to Netflix’s decades of experience applying and scaling technology responsibly.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
The system is currently in the modeling stage, and the researchers have started discussions with industry leaders to explore scaling the solution for real-world application.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
The Information reported that OpenAI is scaling back its plans for direct shopping within ChatGPT, allaying fears that booking sites were next in line for disruption.
—Michelle Fox,pia Singh, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
And Columbia, founded in 1938, has steadily expanded its extended sizing across snow jackets and pants for more than two decades, offering up to 3X in many women’s styles and investing in separate pattern grading rather than simply scaling up smaller designs.
—Marisa McMillan, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
So in addition to scaling back on movie spending, Paramount-WB will need to slash costs like crazy.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
From seventh-grade teacher coaching five sports and earning $3,200 to coaching five NBA franchises over 25 seasons and scaling the sport’s mountaintop.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
His insight into building premium franchises, scaling businesses internationally and supporting creative ambition comes at exactly the right time for Two Daughters.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026
Our shared commitment to continuing this legacy makes joining together a natural next step, in addition to Netflix’s decades of experience applying and scaling technology responsibly.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
The system is currently in the modeling stage, and the researchers have started discussions with industry leaders to explore scaling the solution for real-world application.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
The Information reported that OpenAI is scaling back its plans for direct shopping within ChatGPT, allaying fears that booking sites were next in line for disruption.
—Michelle Fox,pia Singh, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
And Columbia, founded in 1938, has steadily expanded its extended sizing across snow jackets and pants for more than two decades, offering up to 3X in many women’s styles and investing in separate pattern grading rather than simply scaling up smaller designs.
—Marisa McMillan, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
So in addition to scaling back on movie spending, Paramount-WB will need to slash costs like crazy.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
From seventh-grade teacher coaching five sports and earning $3,200 to coaching five NBA franchises over 25 seasons and scaling the sport’s mountaintop.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
His insight into building premium franchises, scaling businesses internationally and supporting creative ambition comes at exactly the right time for Two Daughters.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scaling
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Shrink the Win Stop measuring success in sales or followers or awards.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2026
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Kaneland’s Angelina Gochis is the measuring stick on any wrestling bracket bearing her name.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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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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Communications have been disrupted throughout Iran, and gauging the national mood in a country of more than 90 million people is difficult.—
Ramin Mostaghim,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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