raw score

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noun

the original score, as of a test, before it is statistically adjusted.

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Origin of raw score

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby raw score

Rawls, rawmaish, raw material, raw milk, raw-pack method, raw score, raw silk, Rawsthorne, raw water, rax, ray

How to use raw score in a sentence

Yes, we do typically do better than Europe (and Canada, too, which is frequently awful on this score).
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The higher your score, the more likely it is that you can lip-sync along to the “Checkers” Speech.
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Sting took over the lead role to try to draw an audience, but his thumpingly inspirational score was already the hero of the show.
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Raw eel seemed to be popular during and after the Middle Ages.
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Finally, a score or so of films have been made of the story, some called A Christmas Carol and others, simply, Scrooge.
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The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing|Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
Indeed, a score of bodies lying there had not been seen by Malcolm during his first frenzied examination of the house.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The Indian turned his head, and spoke to some one behind; one after another a score of figures rose.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
It makes out of the savage raw material which is our basal mental stuff, a citizen.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
It had come on to rain, and the raw dampness mingled itself with the dusky uproar of the Strand.
Confidence|Henry James