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Virtual hiring practices that may increase accessibility for housed job seekers may, in fact, be an unscalable wall for homeless applicants with limited internet access and no private space for a video call.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2023
Bicycle racks and an unscalable fence surround the U.S.
From Reuters ● Nov. 11, 2021
You take a streamer on Twitch or a YouTuber or an Instagram influencer or whoever, they’re fundamentally unscalable, so they might be still mission-driven, they might still work just as hard.
From The Verge ● Jun. 8, 2021
The Capitol complex, typically a hive of activity, remained cut off from its surroundings Sunday night by troop deployments and an imposing scrim of seven-foot-tall, unscalable fencing.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2021
Matthias had called the cliffs unscalable, and Inej had to admit that they would present a challenge even for the Wraith.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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