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as in to file
to mark with or as if with a line or groove the glassblower scored the glass rod first so that it would break cleanly

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as in to win
to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points he scored the winning goal in the final minute of play

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noun

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Recent Examples of score
Verb
While average traffic congestion times hover at about 40 minutes, Singapore scored highest for happiness, reflecting residents' satisfaction with their lifestyle. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025 The season premiere scored 6 million viewers across Comedy Central and Paramount+, with even more tuning in two weeks later for the follow-up. Nick Marx, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
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Film scores in particular and the way that music creates excitement and drama gripped him. Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025 While disappointing at the box office, the film is certified fresh with an 83% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for score
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  • The update comes more than two months after Phypers filed for divorce from the actress on July 7.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • For applicants, this begins with ensuring current compliance by filing all required returns, paying any outstanding liabilities, and meeting foreign asset and accounts information reporting obligations.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • Charlotte forced five Tar Heels three-and-outs, held them to 33% on third-down attempts, and won the time of possession battle.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Even there, though, Green Bay’s 11-game winning streak against the Bears came to an end in Week 18 last season.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • Thanks to many hair- and scalp-care innovations, the best ingredients for hair growth products are a feasible means to achieving thicker, longer tresses right at home.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
  • To achieve excellence in AI, nations need the compute, but also chip production, AI talent, workforce and corporate adoption, benevolent government regulation, and a thriving ecosystem of AI startups.
    John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • In Part 2, viewers see Morticia scold her children for lying to her, yet Morticia is keeping secrets from Wednesday about her past and family.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Family matriarch Donna Adelson was scolded by a judge Thursday for weeping in the courtroom after being convicted of orchestrating a 2014 murder-for-hire plot of her former son-in-law, a prominent Florida State University law professor.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • Darkly funny and deeply melancholic, the film turns the family estate into a pressure cooker of grief, grudges and reluctant affection.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • After Abe’s assassination in 2022 by a suspect who said he was motivated by a grudge against the church, an internal survey in the LDP later found that nearly half of the party’s members had links to it.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Damon Dash, the once high-flying hip-hop mogul who co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records with Jay-Z and Kareem Burke, has filed for personal bankruptcy in Florida, citing $25 million in debts and almost no assets.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The board has shown little appetite for rigorous capital oversight, leaving the company saddled with $500 million in high-cost debt that continues to drain flexibility.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • The cats kept them up each night with their incessant whining and scratching at their doors.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • What itch does that scratch that the rest of this doesn’t?
    Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • Jackson and his family plan to send details of the catch to the International Game Fish Association with the hopes of attaining world records in both the junior record for Atlantic halibut category as well as line class for all fish.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • To attain the highest quality of cotton, go with its Egyptian, Pima, and Turkish varieties.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Score.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/score. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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