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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
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2025
Bryan Mbeumo will do the heavy lifting in this one, having scored 15 goals and set up his teammates with six assists in 29 matches.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Maybe the best audience scores too, or close to it.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Waters went 4 for 5 with five RBIs and two runs scored as the Storm Chasers beat the Louisville Bats 12-6.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2025
Bryan Mbeumo will do the heavy lifting in this one, having scored 15 goals and set up his teammates with six assists in 29 matches.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
Last season, Hunter had 96 catches for 1,258 yards and 15 scores, along with a rushing touchdown.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Maybe the best audience scores too, or close to it.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Shares in Donald Trump's social media company sank in morning trading on Wednesday, a day after the company filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission that could allow the president's trust to sell more than $2 billion of shares.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2025
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The Kennewick School Board filed a Title IX complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights against Washington state's Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal this week.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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As results tailed off after Christmas 2014, with Poyet’s side winning just once in 12 league matches, his sacking began to feel inevitable.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Chicago Tribune Arnold Palmer, who cooked up the notion of the modern Grand Slam in 1960 — after Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan had achieved it — played the PGA Championship 34 times without winning to complete the slam.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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At this point, achieving half that number might be a stretch.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2025
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One of the big reasons for this, say three McKinsey consultants, is that... Post Buy Copies The numbers tell the story: Women achieved educational parity with men more than 40 years ago and today are outperforming men in formal educational settings.—
Kweilin Ellingrud,
Harvard Business Review,
3 Apr. 2025
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Back in the fortress, the Man of Steel scolds Krypto for wrecking the joint while he was gone.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
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After the kid was saved, Beltran scolded the resident, reminding her not to bring her personal life into the ER — or her attending’s.—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
27 Mar. 2025
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An armed man accused of walking into a Walgreens location in California and shooting an employee to death this week allegedly had a grudge against corporate pharmacies, police said.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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Theater owners gathered inside the Colosseum Theater at Caesar’s Palace on Monday didn’t seem to hold any grudges, and gave a warm welcome to the exec.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2025
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But the value of these grants has plummeted since 2010, when the former Conservative government embarked on a decade of austerity designed to shrink the country’s debts following the financial crisis.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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His TikTok extensions belong in the same category of executive lawlessness as former President Biden’s actions to wipe out student loan debt and President Obama’s non-enforcement of immigration law.—
The Editors,
National Review,
5 Apr. 2025
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Some people may have been scratching their heads when kids started screaming and crying after seeing a pig wearing a crown; With zombie pig men and skeleton archers riding spiders, why would this specific creature elicit such a guttural reaction?—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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Patrick Golz purchased a pair of $1,000,000 Gold Rush tickets, worth $50 each, and won the $1 million grand prize after scratching the second ticket, the Virginia Lottery said in an April 8 news release.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2025
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Best of all, Priority Pass membership is a lot easier to attain than elite status with an airline.—
Paul Rubio,
AFAR Media,
27 Mar. 2025
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Ansari said Islamic believers fast to attain God consciousness and righteousness, and strengthen their relationship with God.—
Pam DeFiglio,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Score.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/score. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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