small-scale
adjective
1
: small in scope
especially
: small in output or operation
2
of a map
: having a scale (such as one inch to 25 miles) that permits plotting of comparatively little detail and shows mainly large features
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Embracing failure as a learning opportunity, supported by small-scale experiments (Minimum Viable Products, or MVPs).
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Greg Orme, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The small-scale music festival — which first took place in December 2014 — sees the New Jersey natives perform alongside their friends and favorite bands to commemorate the end of the year.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Nearly 130 years after gold was discovered in Kern County’s Rand District, small-scale prospectors are once again staking claims.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
And on either end of the spectrum, both small-scale individual rooftop solar panels and large-scale utility solar arrays have benefited from incentives to increase solar, including tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
—Sarah Sax, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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Greg Orme, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The small-scale music festival — which first took place in December 2014 — sees the New Jersey natives perform alongside their friends and favorite bands to commemorate the end of the year.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Nearly 130 years after gold was discovered in Kern County’s Rand District, small-scale prospectors are once again staking claims.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
And on either end of the spectrum, both small-scale individual rooftop solar panels and large-scale utility solar arrays have benefited from incentives to increase solar, including tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
—Sarah Sax, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Small-scale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small-scale. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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