as in realms
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
Avian scopes are typically below 20, and so are the scopes for fishes.
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Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Permissions are increasingly derived at runtime from natural-language intent in ways that OAuth scopes were never designed to govern.
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Harsh Singhal,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Federal prosecutors allege that Ross and Rhodes concealed their fraud scheme by submitting false documents to CHA, including proposals, scopes of work and invoices.
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Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
Above these scopes, the meteor is surrounded by quite an impressive view.
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Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
5 June 2026
The defense argued the searches were outside the scopes of the various search policies and police were illegally looking for incriminating evidence rather than performing legitimate safety or inventory searches.
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Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
During their recent visit, the three docents set up scopes to zoom in on the nest.
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Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
Men in khaki stood with scopes on rooftops nearby, and questions among newer protesters circulated.
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Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2026
Jonathan Cook testified that police also found 100 other firearms, scopes and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
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Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Permissions are increasingly derived at runtime from natural-language intent in ways that OAuth scopes were never designed to govern.
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Harsh Singhal,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Federal prosecutors allege that Ross and Rhodes concealed their fraud scheme by submitting false documents to CHA, including proposals, scopes of work and invoices.
—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
Above these scopes, the meteor is surrounded by quite an impressive view.
—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
5 June 2026
The defense argued the searches were outside the scopes of the various search policies and police were illegally looking for incriminating evidence rather than performing legitimate safety or inventory searches.
—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
During their recent visit, the three docents set up scopes to zoom in on the nest.
—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
Men in khaki stood with scopes on rooftops nearby, and questions among newer protesters circulated.
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Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2026
Jonathan Cook testified that police also found 100 other firearms, scopes and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
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Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scopes
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The campus includes a towering museum that covers the political and personal realms of the nation’s first Black president and first lady, while public spaces include a branch of the Chicago Public Library, a playground and athletic center, basketball courts and a picnic area with grills.
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The campus includes a towering museum that covers the political and personal realms of the nation’s first Black president and first lady, while public spaces include a branch of the Chicago Public Library, a playground and athletic center, basketball courts and a picnic area with grills.
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Shah adds that many women feel their best when ferritin levels are at least between 40 and 70 ng/ml for optimal energy and hair health, even if lab ranges suggest lower levels are ‘normal’.
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No other existing or planned telescope can observe through multiple ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum simultaneously on such short notice.
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Hunt, Avantika, and Angus are especially good as overgrown kids trying, to varying extents, to hide their softness beneath ambition.
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Throughout its history the company has gone through the ebbs and flows of the jewelry sector, impacted to various extents by wars, macroeconomic volatility and geopolitical disruption.
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Definitely include the piece's dimensions in your listing, Kristin Keyes, the founder of Kristin Keyes Interiors, says.
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All of these dimensions are thought to be as small as physically possible — close to the Planck scale (10-35 meters) — but the researchers proposed that the dark dimension could be significantly bigger than the others — on the order of a micron (10-6 meters).
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These priority zones focus on pedestrian traffic by installing crosswalks at all intersections, banning right turns on red lights, increasing crossing time, shading sidewalks, lowering speed limits and reducing driving lane widths.
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Choose from seven colors and sizes 5–12, with both standard and wide widths available.
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“Scopes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scopes. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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