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as in to achieve
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
finally scored a good job after years of hard work
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as in to scold
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
scored her for failing to report the security breach immediately
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as in grudge
a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong
a whistle-blower who was more interested in settling a score with his employers than in exposing an injustice
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as in debt
something (as money) which is owed
we'll pay the full score next week
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Recent Examples of score
Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2026
Receiving a pass right in front of the goal, Gabriel Martinelli tapped the ball with his left foot to his right and scored a goal into the far side of the net.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.
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Mark Cooper,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
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Antonacci got hit by a pitch, then scored the go-ahead run on Montgomery’s one-out double.
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Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2026
Receiving a pass right in front of the goal, Gabriel Martinelli tapped the ball with his left foot to his right and scored a goal into the far side of the net.
—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
Noun
This is the club president’s biggest score since landing LeBron 16 years ago.
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Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.
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Mark Cooper,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
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The attorneys also filed a motion seeking an order to require the state to produce DNA evidence for an independent laboratory review.
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Form 700s are filed under penalty of perjury.
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Cendejas is a partner at the Strategy Group and has worked with several notable winning political campaigns, including San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and Wahab’s first run for Senate against former Fremont Mayor Lily Mei in 2022.
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The Red Sox have won seven of his last eight games.
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The 44-year-old singer's children, Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19, made a rare joint public appearance at Paris Men's Fashion Week after TMZ reported that the two would achieve a runway milestone together during the days-long sartorial event overseas.
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In addition, for those who endeavor to achieve a higher degree, Future Legends continues to support its scholars into post graduate fields such as medicine, law, the sciences, and finance, the news release states.
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This ancient poem isn’t interested in scolding women for their sexuality, but in the establishment of honor in the elite household.
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Davis remembered once being scolded as a teenager by her mother after being caught speaking poorly of a classmate.
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Most weddings have some logistical drama — exes with grudges, estranged former besties, etc.
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That's a grudge he's carried that he's described publicly.
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Despite the extra funding, the budget continues a trend of relying on reserves, shifting funds, borrowing and suspending debt payments to balance state spending.
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Instead, the baseline is the auction price less the tax debt.
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In April, when Rojas got news that his father had been rushed to the hospital, Roberts quickly took the decision on whether to play out of Rojas’ hands, scratching him from the lineup.
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New York scratched across two more runs in the 10th, taking advantage of another throwing error by Abreu after Rosario's sinking liner squirted out of his glove for an RBI single.
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In our post-religious era—in which, beneath the cloak of secular humanitarianism, righteous religiosity and virtuous crusading remain as potent as ever—history has attained the authority, authenticity and prestige that religion and its prelates once possessed.
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Walt Hazzard and Gail Goodrich didn’t attain the necessary 75% of votes.
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“Score.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/score. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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