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as in achieves
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
finally scored a good job after years of hard work
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as in lectures
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 grudges
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 debts
something (as money) which is owed
we'll pay the full score next week
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Recent Examples of scores
Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
Luka Doncic finishes with 34 points and LeBron James scores 31 as the Lakers surge late in the fourth quarter to defeat the Memphis Grizzlies 128-121.
—Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
At this point the Heat have to get to a place where there is a comfort in Bam Adebayo being someone who scores in the teens, and move on from there.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2026
In his first feature film role, the comedian stars as Nate Wilcox, whose wife Katie (Mandy Moore) scores a major deal after appearing on Shark Tank that requires her to go on an extended business trip.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
The meme has appeared on South Park, been the name of a pardoned pig, and even caused uproars at college basketball games when a team scores 67 points.
—James Powel, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
The new letter grades rank each district on an A-F scale and are based on the end-of-year Arkansas Teaching and Learning Assessment System scores from the 2024-25 school year.
—Dmitry Martirosov, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2025
Oscar winner Nicolas Becker scores the wordless film.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
According to the law, third-grade students with personal reading plans can complete them if the school and parents/caregivers agree that the plan's goals have been met and if the student scores at or above grade level on the Wisconsin Forward Exam's reading portion in third grade.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.
—Mark Cooper, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Legal wrangling ahead of the trial had stretched out over 14 months, while lawyers and law-enforcement agents pored over hundreds of pages of filings, reports, and statements, and watched scores of video clips.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
The full list of critics scores are posted in our Discord.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026
The 23-year-old signal-caller, who will play in his first NFL playoff game, also threw for 4,394 yards with 31 touchdowns and eight interceptions while running for 450 yards and four more scores.
—Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Harden totaled 787 yards and nine scores out of the portal in 2025.
—Lia Assimakopoulos
dallas Stars, Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
Doss runs four two-week sessions a year, each admitting about 30 students with the top scores on a basic adult education exam taken at orientation.
—Claire Rafford, IndyStar, 6 Jan. 2026
DeVonta Smith is the top target for Hurts with 44 receptions for 588 yards and two scores, while tight end Dallas Goedert has seven TD catches.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
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Stevenson 10-3 (4) Quinton Frakes also scores in double figures twice at Wheeling, where the Patriots finish third.
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Iranian authorities arrested scores and executed at least 10 in the aftermath of the war.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for scores
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Disney Legend Bob MatheisonDisneyland files permits to begin construction on new parking garage recalled the construction of an Adventureland stage that featured a waterfall, according to the D23 Disney Legends website.—
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That depends on whether a taxpayer files electronically or submits a paper return, as well as whether the IRS identifies any problems with a filing.—
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Political trends show that the party that wins the White House usually loses seats in Congress during the midterm elections two years later.—
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Oak Lawn 11-5 (NR) Bianca Fleitas takes MVP at Tampa Bay Invitational as coach Mark Sevedge wins 200th game.—
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The fiber’s irregular length distribution—with 50 percent at 28 millimeters and 50 percent in the 10 to 20 millimeter range—delivers a textured, semi-dull and opaque aesthetic that achieves a genuine, vintage washdown performance.—
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The 2026 Sequoia achieves 22 miles per gallon combined, up eight miles per gallon from the second-gen model's measly 14 miles per gallon combined.—
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The same government that lectures Beijing about state capitalism and nonmarket behaviors now practices it at home.—
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But Andres Bernal, a political analyst who lectures at the City University of New York, thinks many young voters look at Cuomo's history of controversy and are reminded of the Democratic Party establishment that has left them disillusioned.—
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Still, the Bulldogs’ defensive back doesn’t harbor any grudges toward Sanders, nor CU.—
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The strength of the Republican appeal to isolationism is essentially one of political revenge, a feeling that now is the time to settle old scores and old grudges.—
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Caruso and Steyer could easily finance campaigns for governor, freeing themselves from the chore of raising money and thus incurring political debts to supporters.—
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The three major credit bureaus stopped reporting medical debts below $500 in April 2023.—
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The list tallies the top 20 surging Vocaloid tracks on Japan‘s video-sharing platform Niconico Douga by applying Billboard Japan’s proprietary weighting to data such as views, number of creations, comments and likes.—
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Other times, the book sounds like a droning Christmas-card letter, as Sarkozy endlessly tallies his friends and foes.—
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Robert surreptitiously attains Alfred’s workbook/diary, where many secrets may exist.—
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“Scores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scores. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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