large-scale

adjective

1
: involving many people or things
Their equipment is suitable for large-scale production.
2
: covering or involving a large area
a large-scale map

Examples of large-scale in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In another dispute involving agriculture, The Times’ Susanne Rust wrote about an effort to ban large-scale animal farming in Sonoma County. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024 If, for example, China decides to make a move in the Taiwan Strait, Russia could simultaneously stage a provocative large-scale military drill in Europe, helping China by straining U.S. capacities to respond. Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2024 Other works will include large-scale portraits with the intent to have viewers in an escapist realm. Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 8 Apr. 2024 Neuralink rival Synchron is recruiting patients for a large-scale clinical trial of its brain chip. Susan Howson, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024 The result was the destruction of a large-scale historical record that might have been of incalculable use to current and future researchers. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024 President Biden on Monday announced a large-scale effort to help pay off federal student loans for tens of millions of American borrowers, seeking an election-year boost by returning to a 2020 campaign promise that was blocked by the Supreme Court last year. Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024 Pete Sabin, District 4: Sabin is an electrician who specializes in constructing large-scale manufacturing facilities. Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024 But the continued growth of large-scale renewable energy is seriously limited by NIMBYs blocking new long-haul transmission line projects. Christopher Helman, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024

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“Large-scale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/large-scale. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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