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as in to achieve
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
finally scored a good job after years of hard work
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as in to scold
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
scored her for failing to report the security breach immediately
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as in grudge
a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong
a whistle-blower who was more interested in settling a score with his employers than in exposing an injustice
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as in debt
something (as money) which is owed
we'll pay the full score next week
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Recent Examples of score
Brooke Baitinger
september 18, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Additional tests also found that this group scored lower in thinking skills.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
There are no score sheets or empirical grading systems employed.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The most frequently photographed park on Flickr got a score of 10, the rest scored five or higher.
—Brooke Baitinger
september 18, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Additional tests also found that this group scored lower in thinking skills.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
There were also mishaps, like when one star's score was boosted following one of the judges inputting the wrong score.
—Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
There are no score sheets or empirical grading systems employed.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for score
Verb
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Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray is set to hold a news conference to announce the charges against Robinson after they are filed in the late morning and will be made available to the public immediately after that, according to Utah County officials.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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According to a Manhattan Supreme Court foreclosure suit filed in December that names both Bill and Camille, the pair stopped making payments on the loans in June 2024 in addition to failing to pay over $300,000 in property taxes.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Seattle Mariners’ 6-4 win Saturday gave them a two-game lead in the American League West, a division the Astros have won in each of the past seven 162-game seasons.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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Both wins in the series came at Boulder, however.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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The future belongs to those who can integrate technological capability with human wisdom, creating something greater than either could achieve alone.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Developed by researchers from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), the new material achieves record-high thermoelectric performance.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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Shipp is tasked with scolding her father and delivering leaden exposition.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
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In Part 2, viewers see Morticia scold her children for lying to her, yet Morticia is keeping secrets from Wednesday about her past and family.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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Darkly funny and deeply melancholic, the film turns the family estate into a pressure cooker of grief, grudges and reluctant affection.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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After Abe’s assassination in 2022 by a suspect who said he was motivated by a grudge against the church, an internal survey in the LDP later found that nearly half of the party’s members had links to it.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
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The lower figure would help stabilize debt from national borrowing at more manageable levels.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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The company amassed a debt of about $143 million, according to court documents, and in return, closed 10 stores across the country, including the one the Kassings booked in Kansas.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That 133-page City audit barely scratched the surface of the overall dysfunction at the City’s animal shelter.—
Michael Wagner,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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But these figures only scratch the surface of Nepal’s deep economic problems, which include pervasive vulnerable employment – informal and insecure work that is prone to poor conditions and pay – and limited opportunities that constrain long-term productivity.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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Yet he’s grown into his role and attained greater serenity, proud of his resilience, consistency and loyalty to the house.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Nearing the end of his career, White is considered the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) among quarterbacks, having attained eight championship rings, a number that is purposefully one more than the consensus real-life GOAT, Tom Brady.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Score.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/score. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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