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an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
the company's scope of operations now spans two continents
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Recent Examples of scopes
Homegrown Indian brands, such as Bombay Perfumery and Forest Essentials, are in the scopes of beauty experts.
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Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Jan. 2026
Radar scopes in the tower showed the targets tightening around his position.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
Find out what 2025 has in store for your financial journey by reading your money scopes for your Sun & Rising sign.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
Equally constraining are government regulations and union philosophies that lock scopes of practice into place.
—Lawrence Rosenberg, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Instead of big incisions, doctors at Einstein are using tiny scopes with tips that freeze.
—Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
By the way, these scopes are fantastic and relatively low-cost.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 30 Nov. 2025
Most inexpensive telescopes are equipped with poor sighting scopes that are practically worthless.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 15 Nov. 2025
The gem allows enthusiasts to peer through the observatory’s telescope for an intimate look at the lunar rise or set up their own scopes on the park’s flat viewing areas.
—Dana Sauchelli, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Jan. 2026
Radar scopes in the tower showed the targets tightening around his position.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
Find out what 2025 has in store for your financial journey by reading your money scopes for your Sun & Rising sign.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
Equally constraining are government regulations and union philosophies that lock scopes of practice into place.
—Lawrence Rosenberg, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Instead of big incisions, doctors at Einstein are using tiny scopes with tips that freeze.
—Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
By the way, these scopes are fantastic and relatively low-cost.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 30 Nov. 2025
Most inexpensive telescopes are equipped with poor sighting scopes that are practically worthless.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 15 Nov. 2025
The gem allows enthusiasts to peer through the observatory’s telescope for an intimate look at the lunar rise or set up their own scopes on the park’s flat viewing areas.
—Dana Sauchelli, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scopes
Noun
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Does this explain, perhaps, why Hopkins would then traffic back and forth between the grand realms of British classical theatre and the badlands of the movies, over the years, with an ease denied even to Olivier?—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Jack is curious about life’s mysteries and wants to learn about the elements that make up all the realms.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Although some cars available in China, including Tesla's long-range Model Y and Zeekr 7X, produced by Volvo owner Geely, also advertise ranges above 800 km.—
Marie Mannes,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Alpine village-style lodging ranges from basic hotel rooms to five-bedroom mountaintop townhomes, where guests can ski out their back doors.—
Ashlyn Ware,
Midwest Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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Additional states including Florida, Kansas, Indiana, Maryland, Utah, Illinois, and New York, have considered (to differing extents) the idea of updating their maps, Reuters reported.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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The characters are all based, to different extents, on real people.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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Made of untreated cedar, the house has a 3-inch entrance hole and interior dimensions ideal for these larger birds.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Even this rough civilian-military split represents just the institutional dimensions of power in Venezuela.—
Rebecca Hanson,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
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Five straps of differing widths hold the foot in place as the shoe’s upper balance on top of a six-inch heel.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025
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Available in two widths, these faux leather boots have the brand’s signature Soft System cushioned footbed for all-day comfort, plus treaded rubber outsoles for grip.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Scopes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scopes. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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