How to Use scalable in a Sentence

scalable

adjective
  • Some of this can be done a small scale and some of the tech isn’t yet scalable.
    — Bykristine Gill, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • But this type of effort needs to be scalable statewide.
    — Christina Mojica, Oc Register, 26 May 2026
  • But that method is not considered safe or scalable.
    — David Cox, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Plus, the budget price point made growing our garage gym space scalable.
    — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2025
  • This scalable method opens the door for more complex structures that were once out of reach.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Avatars are a scalable version of you that can be in two places at once and speak any language.
    — Victor Riparbelli, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • This, researchers say, makes neutral-atom qubits much more scalable.
    — Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Beeper, in many ways, has become more of a symbol than a scalable app.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Solutions must be smarter and more scalable.
    — Jay Deady, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • And that's not scalable—like one car at a time across all the track combinations.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2023
  • This makes cold atom qubits inherently scalable to very large qubit counts.
    — Paul Lipman, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Paid is more controllable and scalable.
    — Alex Khassa, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Fraud is faster, cheaper, and more scalable than ever before.
    — Haywood Talcove, Fortune, 31 July 2025
  • IaaS could replace hardware with scalable cloud servers.
    — Vincentas Grinius, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This scalable two-pack system is on sale now for $99—63% off the list cost.
    — Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 17 May 2023
  • One thing from my time in tech was learning how to build scalable solutions that people can use.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 21 June 2024
  • The process must be both systematic and scalable.
    — Rachel Lyubovitzky, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The objective stayed the same but the solution was less risky and more scalable.
    — Danny Werfel, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • With solid plans and scalable systems, your team will be less likely to find itself in clean-up mode.
    — John Hall, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The good news is that activity is both variable and scalable.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 27 Dec. 2022
  • This makes your LinkedIn presence scalable as your business grows.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • This method is scalable across the country, Wing retail partner says.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
  • And what is scalable in one country won’t work as a directive in another.
    — Izzie Ramirez, Vox, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The lengths of the humerus and radius bones in her arms were obtained from a photograph with a scalable object.
    — Amy McRary, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The more scalable models are emerging elsewhere.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2026
  • These investors are looking for start-ups that are very scalable and have low operating costs.
    — Laura Colarusso, The Week, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The business becomes more robust, more scalable and less fragile.
    — Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • That is not a scalable method of extracting hundreds of thousands of people.
    — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Or the supply chain and cost structure were not ready to support scalable delivery.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
  • The goal of the EU project is to make salt marsh reconstruction scalable.
    — ABC News, 30 May 2026

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