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That's not what "scoops" means! A scoop is publishing something before a rival can. You scoop the rival, not the story/prize.
by tantalor 6y ago
That's not what "scoops" means!
A scoop is publishing something before a rival can. You scoop the rival, not the story/prize.
- dairylee 6y agoPretty common to hear scoop be used in this context. Maybe it's a UK thing? "If you scoop a prize or award, you win it." https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/scoop https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/scoop
- chrisseaton 6y ago> That's not what "scoops" means! It does in British English, and this is a British university writing in their native language.
- OJFord 6y agoI've never heard of scooping a rival - otherwise this is the same usage. A publisher 'gets the scoop' (a great story, a win) or scoops the story just as a mathematician scoops a prize.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoJournalists get a scoop on their rivals when they publish impactful news first.
- OJFord 6y agoI've never heard that usage before either. ('on their'.) Whenever I've used or heard it, the scoop is the prize-analagous story.
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