: an increase according to a fixed ratio

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Under Biden, a massive scale-up of DEIA work In fact, DEIA programs exist throughout the federal government because of a series of executive actions taken by Biden. Andrea Hsu, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025 The agreement is a three-phase deal that begins with a halt in fighting, the release of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, along with a scale-up of humanitarian aid and withdrawal of some Israeli military forces from the Gaza Strip. Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025 Operational Considerations: Manufacturing And Scaling Scientific products, especially those requiring complex biotechnological processes, demand careful attention to production and scale-up. Linda De Jesus, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025 But there’s a scale-up problem: There simply isn’t enough dense wood waste to sequester billions of tons of carbon. Andrew Rosenblum, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for scale-up 

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of scale-up was in 1945

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“Scale-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scale-up. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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