: relating to or being a political representative who is elected to serve an entire area rather than one of its subdivisions
an at-large city councilor
an at-large election
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Like Notre Dame, the Cougars and Beavers are considered at-large candidates during the two-year transition phase.
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Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
There is one at-large position.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
Trabuco Hills, 13-13 overall and 1-7 in the South Coast League for a fifth-place finish, got a Division 3 at-large berth.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
The community-centric atmosphere of today’s climbing gyms signals a departure from the sensibility of bygone eras, when climbers styled themselves as misfits and loners set apart from society at-large.
—Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
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Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
There is one at-large position.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
Trabuco Hills, 13-13 overall and 1-7 in the South Coast League for a fifth-place finish, got a Division 3 at-large berth.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
The community-centric atmosphere of today’s climbing gyms signals a departure from the sensibility of bygone eras, when climbers styled themselves as misfits and loners set apart from society at-large.
—Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for at-large
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“At-large.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at-large. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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