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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According to Gallup, only 21% of employees in large-scale enterprises report genuine engagement, and widespread disengagement is estimated to cost the global economy $438 billion annually in productive output.
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Tom Daly, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
As an overall rule, faculty members in the humanities and the interpretive social sciences — people who don’t need labs or major datasets or large-scale computing power — are the only ones whose costs are actually covered by tuition and endowment payout.
—Clifford Ando, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
What happens when the wrong person is at the center of a large-scale manhunt?
—Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2025
Designed by JSa Architecture, Volga features a brutalist exterior that leads to a contemporary minimalist interior made moody with large-scale lava, stone, brass, and travertine installation by the artist Perla Krauze.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 13 July 2025
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Tom Daly, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
As an overall rule, faculty members in the humanities and the interpretive social sciences — people who don’t need labs or major datasets or large-scale computing power — are the only ones whose costs are actually covered by tuition and endowment payout.
—Clifford Ando, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
What happens when the wrong person is at the center of a large-scale manhunt?
—Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2025
Designed by JSa Architecture, Volga features a brutalist exterior that leads to a contemporary minimalist interior made moody with large-scale lava, stone, brass, and travertine installation by the artist Perla Krauze.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 13 July 2025
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“Large-scale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/large-scale. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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