scale-up

noun

ˈskāl-ˌəp How to pronounce scale-up (audio)
: an increase according to a fixed ratio

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The incentives, perhaps in the form of matching investments from a TABLE innovation fund, would help scale-ups compete with US tech giants. — Wal Van Lierop, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Circulose’s latest commercialization strategy shifts at least some of the scale-up burden toward the companies that ultimately want the fiber. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026 Voya plans to use the new funding for further technology development and initial deployments in 2027, followed by manufacturing scale-up in 2028. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026 In 2025, the company introduced NVLink Fusion, a program that allows hyperscalers and cloud providers to build custom AI systems around Nvidia’s scale-up fabric. — IEEE Spectrum, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for scale-up

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First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of scale-up was in 1945

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“Scale-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scale-up. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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