Back then, Deane and her mother did it all, from answering the phone to weighing packages on the bathroom scale.

FORBES: Cambridge Satchel Has It In The Bag

He took up swimming and jogging, and began weighing himself every day on a digital scale.

NEWYORKER: Master of Play

Weighing in as the 15th most important tool is the scale, a device that provides the base for commerce and coinage.

FORBES: No. 15: The Scale

But the old balance scale still appears in art as a symbol of justice, weighing the claims of disputing parties.

FORBES: No. 15: The Scale

In this way, judicial balancing requires a careful weighing of the government's interests against the individual's, with a thumb on the scale in favor of the individual.

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