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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
Common findings from sewer scopes include root intrusion at joints (especially common in clay pipes), belly or sag in the line where water pools, cracked or offset joints, and deteriorated Orangeburg sections.
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Allison Palmer
updated February 19, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
First focal plane scopes with MRAD reticles rule the roost in PRS and other field match series.
—John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 15 Jan. 2026
One white general contractor controls both major scopes of work.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
Homegrown Indian brands, such as Bombay Perfumery and Forest Essentials, are in the scopes of beauty experts.
—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
Allison Palmer
updated February 19, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
First focal plane scopes with MRAD reticles rule the roost in PRS and other field match series.
—John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 15 Jan. 2026
One white general contractor controls both major scopes of work.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
Homegrown Indian brands, such as Bombay Perfumery and Forest Essentials, are in the scopes of beauty experts.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scopes
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And the restaurant has hosted notables from the realms of politics, sports and culinary greatness.—
Joe Mutascio,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
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No people have been beyond low Earth orbit since December 1972, when the Apollo 17 crew returned from lunar realms.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Because assets are disclosed in broad ranges, Brooks says the filing overstates his family’s financial position.—
Julia Terruso,
Time,
23 Feb. 2026
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This approach is most often used in lower and mid-price ranges, where bidding pressure is strongest, and typically requires proof of a bona fide competing offer.—
Allison Palmer
Updated February 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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Other agencies impacted to varying extents include the Coast Guard and Secret Service.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
13 Feb. 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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Just to give an idea of its dimensions, that is just about half the size of all of downtown Fort Lauderdale.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Supercomputers unlock new physics The breakthrough relied on large-scale hydrodynamical simulations that model how stellar material moves in three dimensions.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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The book covers pocket, knee, crotch and belt loop repair techniques, taking in and expanding the waist, hemming, adjusting leg widths, transforming jeans to shorts and skirts, splicing.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Feb. 2026
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The loafer comes in extended sizes and widths, too.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Scopes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scopes. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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