Scales

/ skeɪlz /

noun

1. the constellation Libra, the seventh sign of the zodiac

Example Sentences

None of the proscenium is actually there, nor are the musicians heard running scales and rehearsing “Follow the Yellow Brick Road.”

From Los Angeles Times

This is the latest tech update from the supermarket since its trial of giant trolley scales at a store in Gateshead led to some shoppers comparing it to airport security.

From BBC

This summer the scales tipped.

From Los Angeles Times

No government has ever tried to build prison-like detention facilities for 24,000 people in 18 months - the time scales envisaged by Reform - or at the cost claimed.

From BBC

The California plan, which is headed to voters Nov. 4 under the name Proposition 50, would throw out the state’s nonpartisan maps in favor of boundaries that would tilt the scales for Democrats.

From Los Angeles Times