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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
Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
Harris, in his first start of the season, scored his second goal in 12 appearances.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Time Staff, Time, 24 June 2025
Audience scores are not great, with a 65% on Rotten Tomatoes.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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Verb
They have been shut out four times and scored two runs or fewer on seven occasions during that time.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
Harris, in his first start of the season, scored his second goal in 12 appearances.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Noun
The top 500 companies with the highest scores were awarded the title of World’s Most Sustainable Companies 2025.
—Time Staff, Time, 24 June 2025
Audience scores are not great, with a 65% on Rotten Tomatoes.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for score
Verb
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Newsweek has reached out to the office of interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, who filed the charges, via email on Wednesday afternoon.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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The lawsuit filed in Boston is asking a judge to limit the Trump administration from relying on an obscure clause in the federal regulation to cut grants that don’t align with its priorities.—
Michael Casey,
Denver Post,
25 June 2025
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After a second-place finish in District 6-5A, the Mustangs won four playoff series, finishing the season with a 25-13 record.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2025
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The book also won the Goodreads Choice Award for Romance, was listed as one of the best books of 2021 by Kirkus Reviews, and is the author’s first to go into production for film or TV.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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What are they expected to achieve at these Euros? Very few, perhaps nobody, expects Wales to make it out of this group.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Lei remains confident about the prospects for Xiaomi’s foray into cars, predicting the new model will help the company’s EV unit achieve profitability in the second half—one of the fastest brands to hit that milestone in the automotive sector.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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Paul Krugman has referred to deficit hawks as ‘deficit scolds’, because the spend more time warning about the dangers of the deficit than fixing it.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Musk and Gor reportedly clashed in Cabinet meetings where Musk scolded Gor over personnel disagreements in recent months.—
Ally Goelz,
The Washington Examiner,
19 June 2025
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And that is not to say that sometimes that anger wasn’t righteous, and sometimes those grudges weren’t deserved.—
Rachel Burchfield,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Alongside impossibly strong grannies, Dana must also contend with a dangerous prisoner now enjoying some posthumous freedom and a gun-toting drug dynasty with one almighty grudge.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
10 June 2025
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Meanwhile, legislation that would add trillions of dollars to fiscal deficits is advancing in Congress, stirring more anxiety among foreign investors, especially those who hold U.S. debt.—
Alicia Adamczyk,
Fortune,
28 June 2025
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Research has found that companies with better ESG ratings enjoy both a lower cost of equity and a lower cost of debt.—
Suresh Basnet,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Verb
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Avoid using abrasive cleaners, like scouring pads or steel wool, as these can scratch the surface.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
23 June 2025
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This can include scratching granular fertilizer into the soil around the base of your plants, watering with compost tea or fish emulsion, or top dressing with a fresh layer of compost—just be sure to pay attention to the specific needs of the different plants in your garden.—
Mike Irvine,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 June 2025
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These are only a few examples of the deep ties between higher education and the founding generation; approximately half of them attained some form of it—an impressively high level of advanced learning for the time.—
Time,
Time,
1 July 2025
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Radar provides real-time reads on inventory continuously, and the kind of data that otherwise would only attained online through e-commerce.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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“Score.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/score. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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