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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Vibrant, large-scale paintings depicting animal and jungle scenes throughout the hotel are from the original owner’s collection, all from Haiti.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
On Friday, firefighters and emergency officials from multiple agencies gathered in San Rafael for a large-scale wildfire training exercise focused on emergency coordination, evacuation planning and mutual aid response.
—Da Lin, CBS News, 16 May 2026
Building large-scale photonic computing systems will require solving difficult engineering challenges.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
The enclosures have been designed to tackle storage bottlenecks currently being experienced by many AI developers, on-premises LLM users, video creators and IT professionals who need to manage large-scale local data workflows effectively and efficiently.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
On Friday, firefighters and emergency officials from multiple agencies gathered in San Rafael for a large-scale wildfire training exercise focused on emergency coordination, evacuation planning and mutual aid response.
—Da Lin, CBS News, 16 May 2026
Building large-scale photonic computing systems will require solving difficult engineering challenges.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
The enclosures have been designed to tackle storage bottlenecks currently being experienced by many AI developers, on-premises LLM users, video creators and IT professionals who need to manage large-scale local data workflows effectively and efficiently.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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“Large-scale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/large-scale. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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