scaling
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Intallura said the company has since signed another deal with IBM aimed at investigating the practical and financial feasibility of scaling that use case into production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In February this year, the Washington Post announced it would be laying off one-third of its work force, sharply scaling back the paper's coverage of sports and foreign news.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Arielle Feger, an analyst at eMarketer, said she wasn’t surprised by Monday’s report and noted that Cohen appeared to be scaling back his ambitions.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Part of that plan included lowering prices, closing pet-specialty stores and scaling back expansion, Jennifer Williams reports in today’s Morning Ledger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
A breeze blows through the alley, pushing me to one side, and I think of scaling the Ferris wheel with Tobias.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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Other transformations include horizontal and vertical scalings, and reflections about the axes.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Vertical and horizontal shifts, vertical and horizontal scalings, and reflections about the x - and y -axes are examples of transformations of functions.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
To pack or unpack, the middle section of the roof would have to be removed each time, and all glazed pots would need protection from scalings and gravel from above.
From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by George J. Cox
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