How to Use scalable in a Sentence

scalable

adjective
  • Some of this can be done a small scale and some of the tech isn’t yet scalable.
    Bykristine Gill, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • This scalable two-pack system is on sale now for $99—63% off the list cost.
    Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 17 May 2023
  • The goal of the merge is to make Ethereum more scalable, secure and sustainable.
    Taylor Locke, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Year two was 2020—it was all about making the concept scalable.
    Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Right now, Santo is working with 2-liter tanks, and one of the big questions of clean meat is how scalable the process is.
    Tamar Haspel, Vox, 31 Aug. 2018
  • It’s not a scalable project, which is key to its idiosyncratic charms.
    Kate Knibbs, Wired, 18 Nov. 2020
  • And that's not scalable—like one car at a time across all the track combinations.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The lengths of the humerus and radius bones in her arms were obtained from a photograph with a scalable object.
    Amy McRary, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Beeper, in many ways, has become more of a symbol than a scalable app.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The company says sand battery projects are scalable up to 1,000 megawatt hours.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2022
  • As well as the boost to speed, the hive-grid-machine has the advantages of being scalable and modular.
    James Vincent, The Verge, 8 May 2018
  • Meanwhile, a non-scalable fence will be installed around the perimeter of the White House a day before Election Day.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Seven-foot, non-scalable fences also surround the grounds and will remain in place for at least 30 days.
    Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2021
  • The aim was to create something scalable, Conklin said.
    Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2020
  • There are many solutions that aren’t scalable right now.
    Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 May 2018
  • This method is scalable across the country, Wing retail partner says.
    John Koetsier, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Globally, trees are the most scalable and cost-effective tool in the fight against climate change.
    Dan Lambe, Treehugger, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The exercise is very scalable, making is a great pick for anyone to add to their routine, Sung says.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • This, researchers say, makes neutral-atom qubits much more scalable.
    Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
  • One thing from my time in tech was learning how to build scalable solutions that people can use.
    Jason Parham, WIRED, 21 June 2024
  • McHugh believes that this automation cuts costs and makes the tech scalable.
    WIRED, 26 June 2023
  • The good news is that activity is both variable and scalable.
    Jamie Ducharme, Time, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The downside is that the method works only in small areas, like cooling a reef, rather than being scalable to large portions of the planet.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2024
  • One of the goals of UrbanSense is to offer scalable tools to smaller, second-tier cities that may not have the resources for vast smart city redesigns.
    Emily Strasser, Curbed, 8 Aug. 2018
  • This makes cold atom qubits inherently scalable to very large qubit counts.
    Paul Lipman, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Here, volcanic eruptions have sculpted one of the largest lakes in Iceland, now framed by lava fields, steam vents, and scalable craters.
    Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Chocolate Covered Katie's recipe serves one but is scalable for meal prep or a larger group, according to the recipe page.
    Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2022
  • In order to make the product safe and scalable for mass consumption, Dave’s Gourmet had to alter the recipe and packaging method.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • But being a retail salesperson, which is the core of being an OnlyFans model, is not scalable.
    Joel Stein, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Another key area of research is focused on making AI models smaller, more efficient, and more scalable.
    Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024

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