How to Use scalable in a Sentence

scalable

adjective
Definition of scalablenext
  • 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
  • And that's not scalable—like one car at a time across all the track combinations.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • That is not a scalable method of extracting hundreds of thousands of people.
    — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The skin printing process is scalable, so the researchers were able to print a fingertip-size patch for a robotic hand and a larger one for a human’s forearm.
    — Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American, 30 June 2022
  • At first glance, the edge of the nebula resembles a rocky mountaintop, something hard and scalable.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 12 July 2022
  • Over the last decade, commercial cloud service providers have emerged as a scalable solution to this challenge.
    — Jonathan Alboum, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
  • On the tech side, having a person view the prediction each time the algorithm is run may be viewed as a bad, non-scalable business model.
    — Michael Elashoff, STAT, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Safer, cheaper, scalable, and carbon-free are the advantages.
    — Ian Palmer, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
  • So there’s something about the cell fate control circuits, the natural ones, that is sort of expandable or scalable.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The idea of starting a scalable brand next door to the flagship Melt location is really powerful in my mind.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2022
  • It’s no longer about a marketable idea but an idea that is scalable and will create a meaningful career for you and your employees.
    — Vibhu Singh, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • But a partnership in rural Alabama may have found a scalable way to narrow that gap.
    — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2021
  • These devices promise to be scalable for widespread at-home treatment.
    — Lucy Tu, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Poerio also said that the project was scalable to both smaller and larger models.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2021
  • By treating only the target areas, the process is more efficient and scalable than other processes that attempt to physically separate the isotopes, such as by centrifuge.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2024
  • To compete with China, low-cost, scalable, and sustainable innovations are required in mining, processing, and manufacturing, and these must be supported by customers rather than just subsidies.
    — Henry Sanderson, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2024

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