by the score

idiom

: in large numbers or amounts
Factories are closing by the score.

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The trio, representing Valley Farm Market, needed just two innings to defeat The B Unit — Aaron Boatwright, Billy Bright III and Eric Barlow — by the score of 22-2. Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2025 Vegas fell in front of its home crowd by the score of 36-22. Vincent Frank, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024 The series shifts back to Oklahoma City for the last game, where the Thunder won Game 5 by the score of 120-109. Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025 Every May, the Met Gala catapults fashion into the stratosphere as celebrities by the score turn out in their finest — and often outrageous — haute couture outfits at the annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for by the score

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“By the score.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20the%20score. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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