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
Meanwhile, clinics around the country are closing or scaling back services in the face of funding cuts, further limiting women’s options for in-person care.
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Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
In real life, Springsteen’s insistence on scaling back—with Landau’s support—may have saved his life, or at least his sanity.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The private sector, including companies like Google and IBM and startups like PsiQuantum, are working on ways to make scaling the technology practical and cost-effective.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Industry players at the forum recognized the importance of scaling up, rather than back, their efforts and of doing so collaboratively.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
Overall, Delta’s hope is that by scaling up the culinary quality level, the age-old reputation of bland, tasteless airline food will be a thing of the past.
—Rachel Chang, AFAR Media, 24 Oct. 2025
While its owner, Michael Vitucci, remains involved in real estate throughout the city, he's been scaling back his restaurant and bar ventures and plans to focus on Uncle Buck's.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The researchers plan to explore embedding these hydrogels directly into products, improving stability, and scaling up production.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, a founder scaling across Europe must incorporate separate entities in each country, untangle regulatory and employment codes in multiple languages and markets, and explain to engineers in Munich why their stock options are treated differently to their colleagues’ in Madrid.
—Jan Hammer, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
In real life, Springsteen’s insistence on scaling back—with Landau’s support—may have saved his life, or at least his sanity.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The private sector, including companies like Google and IBM and startups like PsiQuantum, are working on ways to make scaling the technology practical and cost-effective.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Industry players at the forum recognized the importance of scaling up, rather than back, their efforts and of doing so collaboratively.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
Overall, Delta’s hope is that by scaling up the culinary quality level, the age-old reputation of bland, tasteless airline food will be a thing of the past.
—Rachel Chang, AFAR Media, 24 Oct. 2025
While its owner, Michael Vitucci, remains involved in real estate throughout the city, he's been scaling back his restaurant and bar ventures and plans to focus on Uncle Buck's.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The researchers plan to explore embedding these hydrogels directly into products, improving stability, and scaling up production.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, a founder scaling across Europe must incorporate separate entities in each country, untangle regulatory and employment codes in multiple languages and markets, and explain to engineers in Munich why their stock options are treated differently to their colleagues’ in Madrid.
—Jan Hammer, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scaling
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His inclusion could come across as a cynical ploy, a way of measuring social progress in a backward town.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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Participant assessments were done before, mid-, and after the eight-week program and included measuring biological and psychological markers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Flip invented the Wheezer Scale for gauging the difficulty of hiking up hills.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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So, because of that, there is some gaging and figuring out to do.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Scaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaling. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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