How to Use on that/this score in a Sentence

on that/this score

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  • And on that score, thus far, Starfield has been more of a mixed bag.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2023
  • And on this score, Trump and Biden are more evenly matched.
    Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Indeed, while the U.S. does a remarkably poor job on this score.
    Harry G. Broadman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Bouanga got the assist on that score, his fourth of the year to go with 11 goals in all competition.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Berea College and Oral Roberts University round out the top three in the region on this score.
    WSJ, 8 Nov. 2023
  • And on that score, thanks to sources like Netflix and others, these days there are more ways to enjoy them than ever.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The historic writers’ strike, now in its fourth month, leaves little room for debate on that score.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • This demands a response at the schools and beyond, and some good news on that score arrived this week in a letter from leading law firms to the deans of U.S. law schools.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2023
  • So on that score, the fact that even his youngest protege, Hu Chunhua, who had been in the previous Politburo, had every reason to stay.
    CBS News, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Equitable chances for city kids compared to large numbers of suburban kids — how much has improved on that score?
    Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Recent trends in the NFT market have not been encouraging on that score, however.
    Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022
  • Dow also announced several projects to improve recycling of plastics, but on that score, the progress is harder to see.
    David Meyer, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Ukraine has long said Western fighter jets are perhaps the most urgent need, but even Britain did not make unambiguous promises on that score.
    Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • The show experienced a more than two-year gap between seasons due in part to Covid, without exhibiting any ill effects on that score.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Attracting a diverse workforce is regarded as crucial for the region’s healthy bottom line, and there’s plenty of work to do on that score.
    Kevyn Burger Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 1 Dec. 2020
  • The targets of his exhortations are quick to point out that France’s own metrics on this score are relatively shabby.
    Ania Nussbaum, Fortune Europe, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Hilton is doing well on that score, with 62% of bookings now made on its app or site, and Nassetta estimates that figure could hit 80% of reservations within a few years.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Although paper books may have a leg up on that score, their advantage appears to depend on environment and context.
    Dan Seitz, Popular Science, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Every business prefers cost certainty, and on that score, the Dodgers are no different than any other local company with a balance sheet.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • There will be fewer options on that score — after years of expanding snack menus at theaters, moviegoers will find a return to classics like popcorn and nachos for the time being.
    Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 19 Aug. 2020
  • What about criticizing their anti-colonial vision on that score?
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
  • After the governor appointed Hayden to finish out Rollins’s term, Hayden suggested little would change on that score.
    Andrew Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Technology and standards always comes into play at childcare centers today and Hawthorn is no exception on that score.
    Linda Gandee, cleveland, 26 July 2021
  • And on this score, American media failed miserably this past week when major outlets falsely reported an Israeli missile strike had hit ...
    Becket Adams, National Review, 22 Oct. 2023
  • White House and other executive officials, and especially members of Congress, have an uneven record on this score.
    Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 19 Jan. 2022
  • It’s been reported that Sheridan might bring even more Yellowstone prequels to fruition — carrying the story forward into the 40s and 60s, for example — in subsequent prequels, though nothing on that score has been confirmed as of yet.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 19 Dec. 2022
  • And the troubled history of platform cloning exemplified by WoW’s imitators offers little cause for optimism on that score.
    Katherine Alejandra Cross, WIRED, 13 July 2023
  • Its inconsistency on this score has long threatened to undermine the belief, so important to the struggle being waged by the people of Ukraine, that Putin is violating not just territorial borders but moral boundaries.
    Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 14 Nov. 2023
  • That left the final possibility of hostile powers testing offensive technology, and on that score the committee was not nearly so transparent.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 17 May 2022
  • Additionally, if Brand is undermining his own credibility with his refusal to admit error (on this score Monbiot is right), then Monbiot undermines his own takedown of Brand with his speculation of motive via guilt-by-association.
    Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2010

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