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• Over time—on a scale of days or weeks—our bodies can adjust to extreme heat.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2023
• Mike, on a scale of Frank's buffalo sauce at one and pure capsaicin a 10, where on the scale is shatta?
  — WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
• Each attribute was ranked on a scale of one to five, with five being the highest score and one being the lowest.
  — Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 11 Aug. 2023
• The firm gave the station a rating of three on a scale of one to five, according to a report provided to the Globe.
  — Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
• Another idea is to rate your feelings on a scale of 1 to 5, Salas-Burnett notes.
  — TIME, 16 Jan. 2024
• Each was tested in the same way and scored on a scale of one to five for fit, warmth, durability, and value.
  — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2024
• Such events are classified on a scale of G1, which is a minor storm, to G5, which is extreme.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 10 May 2024
• Every competition has two rounds, scored on a scale of 4.0 to 6.0.
  — Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2023
• This is a reversal for the company, which has scored companies on a scale of 1 to 5 for their exposure to ESG risks.
  — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
• Non-small cell lung cancer, the most common form of the disease, is staged on a scale of 1 to 4, with stage 1 being the least serious and stage 4 being the most serious.
  — Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2023
• Each product was scored on a scale of one to five for features, design, ease of use, effectiveness, and value.
  — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2023
• Each rain jacket was graded on a scale of one to five (with one being the poorest performer and five being the best), and top-scoring jackets made our list.
  — Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
• The storm that caused the northern lights to appear over Tucson was rated a G4, or severe geomagnetic storm on a scale of 1 to 5.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
• There’s also the international Beef Marbling Score, which grades marbling on a scale of one to 12.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 23 July 2024
• Collaborators can rate the designs on a scale of 1 to 5 so that teams can vote to determine their favorite.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Nov. 2023
• Today’s daily digit A somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a scale of 0 to 10.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2023
• There’s only one level of spiciness available for the flavorful broth, and the waitress estimated it as a six on a scale of 10.
  — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024
• While most lab tests report results on a scale of one kind or another, those from MRG-Effitas lean toward pass/fail.
  — PCMAG, 14 June 2024
• The survey measures job satisfaction and engagement on a scale of zero to 100.
  — Rebecca Santana, Fortune, 20 May 2024
• Instead of focusing on a particular running pace or number of pounds to lift, rate your effort level on a scale of one to 10.
  — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 29 Aug. 2023
• Sleepiness was tracked in the second study, and for every unit increase on a scale of measurement, people added 1.23 years to their aging assessment.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
• Afterward, their work was graded by other professionals who worked in the same field on a scale of one to seven, with seven being the best result.
  — Emily Price, PCMAG, 16 July 2023
• Measured on a scale of 0-500, the a lower index score indicates better air quality.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• After rating them based on sheer looks and design, they were tried on different surfaces and then cleaned and rated on a scale of one to five for each of the aforementioned categories.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
• Each pair of boots was scored on a scale of one to five for fit, support, durability, performance, waterproofing, and value.
  — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2023
• Application, scent, transfer resistance, and overall value were also assessed and ranked on a scale of one to five.
  — Melanie Rud, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
• Hruska explains that this spec is sometimes referred to as Color Accuracy and measures how well the light source represents colors on a scale of 1 to 100.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2024
• The report card takes multiple factors into account to rate individual schools on a scale of five stars.
  — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
• Each product was then evaluated on a scale of one to five, one being poor and five being excellent, based on our experience with the product.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
• Democratic voters were asked to rank their likelihood of participating in the election on a scale of 1 to 10, and only those who chose a 5 or higher were included in the sample, Raabe said.
  — Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024