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
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Chinese Premier Li Qiang and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will have front row seats at the event which, according to satellite imagery of apparent rehearsals, could include a large-scale mass gymnastics performance.
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2025
Developed by the Three Gorges Corporation, a wind and solar energy company headquartered in Guazhou County, China, the new facility combines efficiency, innovation and large-scale clean power production in one of the planet’s harshest environments.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
Concentrated animal feeding operations, also known as factory farms, are large-scale agricultural meat, dairy or egg facilities where animals are kept and raised in confinement, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Insurance executives told the FT that the industry lacks the capacity to handle the kind of systemic, large-scale losses AI models could trigger, reflecting the sector’s broader unease about underwriting the unprecedented risks posed by generative AI providers.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2025
Developed by the Three Gorges Corporation, a wind and solar energy company headquartered in Guazhou County, China, the new facility combines efficiency, innovation and large-scale clean power production in one of the planet’s harshest environments.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
Concentrated animal feeding operations, also known as factory farms, are large-scale agricultural meat, dairy or egg facilities where animals are kept and raised in confinement, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Insurance executives told the FT that the industry lacks the capacity to handle the kind of systemic, large-scale losses AI models could trigger, reflecting the sector’s broader unease about underwriting the unprecedented risks posed by generative AI providers.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Large-scale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/large-scale. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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