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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Coming from a filmmaker with a background in video art and large-scale installations, the film uses 3D scanning and AI to explore questions of dispossession and social control through the prism of a commonplace police identity check.
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Ben Croll, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
The controversy coincided with Trump’s promise to begin large-scale deportations when re-elected, a move that would heavily impact Latinos.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2025
In fact, according to an Al Jazeera report that cites the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the IDF has killed more than 70 people, including 10 children, in the West Bank since the beginning of the year during large-scale military operations, making the film even more timely.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
Japan’s green-energy incentives have already led to large-scale importation of wood pellets from Canada, outsourcing deforestation and, presumably, burning fossil fuels to move all that biomass across the Pacific.
—Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2025
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Ben Croll, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
The controversy coincided with Trump’s promise to begin large-scale deportations when re-elected, a move that would heavily impact Latinos.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2025
In fact, according to an Al Jazeera report that cites the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the IDF has killed more than 70 people, including 10 children, in the West Bank since the beginning of the year during large-scale military operations, making the film even more timely.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
Japan’s green-energy incentives have already led to large-scale importation of wood pellets from Canada, outsourcing deforestation and, presumably, burning fossil fuels to move all that biomass across the Pacific.
—Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Large-scale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/large-scale. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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