on a scale of
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—used with a range of numbers to show the size, strength, or quality of something
I liked it. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give the movie a 9.
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The other two-thirds are on a scale of anxiously hopeful to beyond desperate -- an amorphous netherworld of doubt that, yes, includes the Miami Dolphins with Tua Tagovailoa, or should.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Sketched in blue pastel, on a scale of dynamic markings from music (from mp, medium soft, to the supersoft fiction of ppppppppp), Kim’s quiet scale starts at the same point as her loudness scale: with sleep.
—Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
Five charts show how homebuying difficulty, measured on a scale of 0 to 100, has changed since 2013.
—Jasmine Cui, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
In it, respondents are asked to rate their current lives on a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the best possible life for them and 0 being the worst possible life.
—Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 20 Mar. 2025
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Sketched in blue pastel, on a scale of dynamic markings from music (from mp, medium soft, to the supersoft fiction of ppppppppp), Kim’s quiet scale starts at the same point as her loudness scale: with sleep.
—Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
Five charts show how homebuying difficulty, measured on a scale of 0 to 100, has changed since 2013.
—Jasmine Cui, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
In it, respondents are asked to rate their current lives on a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the best possible life for them and 0 being the worst possible life.
—Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 20 Mar. 2025
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“On a scale of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20a%20scale%20of. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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