How to Use by the score in a Sentence
by the score
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The White Sox leave three in the ninth, and the A’s hang on to the win it by the score of 5-3.
—John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 30 Sep. 2020
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Of course, some of that may have been skewed by the score.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
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Near the Cedar Run trail in the Whiteoak Canyon area, there are waterfalls by the score.
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2021
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Despite this, the team was able to defeat the Jets by the score of 30-27 this past Monday night.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2020
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On the other hand, the number of EV start-ups that are forced out of the game might be counted by the score.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2021
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Large tech companies in those cities turn out millionaires by the score.
—oregonlive, 6 May 2022
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Healthcare staffing firms say that candidates in those fields are rejecting offers to move to red states by the score, according to a survey by the Washington Post.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
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Corporations by the score, even the hundreds, have been happy to sign on to rhetorical displays of good citizenship.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2022
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In the previous renderings, one image showed the stadium's interior with a small scoreboard in the corner that had Buffalo beating the New York Jets by the score of 24-3.
—Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
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Then, they got hit by an unexpected shortage of semiconductors used by the score in modern vehicles.
—Paul A. Eisenstein, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2022
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Philadelphia put up an absolutely laughable performance, losing by the score of 27-17.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2020
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