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
Her leadership was instrumental in scaling OpenAI from a research organization to one of the most important AI companies in the world.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
That choice drives everything else, like the equipment design, energy requirements, scaling strategy, and economics.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Dylan Miller told the AP that the incident happened while Balin was solo-scaling the side of El Capitan.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
To help buyers navigate the season, the salon’s conference program zoomed in on everything from generative AI to scaling bio-fashion, while new services included baggage check-in straight from the show.
—Ellen Groves, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
The challenge was a very physical obstacle course involving cargo nets, wide-step bridges, digging up ladders, opening rope gates and scaling ramps.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
More recently, Bryan’s feud with fellow country singer Gavin Adcock came to a head when Bryan was captured on video scaling a fence to confront Adcock at Oklahoma’s Born & Raised Festival earlier this month.
—Joel Hoard, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
In May, the firm inked a strategic partnership to offer its driverless taxis via Uber in the Middle East, with a goal of scaling deployments via the app to additional international markets in the future.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
Saitex is scaling business in a sustainable way.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
That choice drives everything else, like the equipment design, energy requirements, scaling strategy, and economics.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Dylan Miller told the AP that the incident happened while Balin was solo-scaling the side of El Capitan.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
To help buyers navigate the season, the salon’s conference program zoomed in on everything from generative AI to scaling bio-fashion, while new services included baggage check-in straight from the show.
—Ellen Groves, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
The challenge was a very physical obstacle course involving cargo nets, wide-step bridges, digging up ladders, opening rope gates and scaling ramps.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
More recently, Bryan’s feud with fellow country singer Gavin Adcock came to a head when Bryan was captured on video scaling a fence to confront Adcock at Oklahoma’s Born & Raised Festival earlier this month.
—Joel Hoard, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
In May, the firm inked a strategic partnership to offer its driverless taxis via Uber in the Middle East, with a goal of scaling deployments via the app to additional international markets in the future.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
Saitex is scaling business in a sustainable way.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scaling
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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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Next, leading multimodal AI teams invest in data-centric infrastructure that promotes collaboration and encourages visualizing model performance, not just measuring it.—
Brian Moore,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Flip invented the Wheezer Scale for gauging the difficulty of hiking up hills.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Oct. 2025
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Just over half of Wisconsin's third- through eighth-graders met, or exceeded, state standards for math and English language arts on last spring’s Forward Exam, a statewide standardized test gauging whether Wisconsin schoolchildren are meeting benchmarks in core subjects.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Scaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaling. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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