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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Hong Kong — Two key organizers behind what used to be the only large-scale public commemoration for the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre on Chinese soil have been found guilty of inciting subversion by a court in Hong Kong. Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 The laboratories plan to combine large-scale additive manufacturing with digital engineering and real-time monitoring. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026 For decades, Hong Kong’s annual candlelight vigil was the only large-scale public commemoration of the Tiananmen crackdown in China, drawing tens of thousands of people annually. Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Without a cap, all of that — including large-scale resale operations — will be possible. Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for large-scale

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“Large-scale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/large-scale. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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