How to Use large-scale in a Sentence

large-scale

adjective
  • The large-scale work is drawn in thick, simple lines filled with white chalk.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The experts are very clear that now is not the time to plan any large-scale deployments.
    David Meyer, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The doctors' groups plan to keep the pressure up, and have scheduled large-scale protests for the weekend.
    Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The problem is that there are just too many of these large-scale encounters.
    Brandon Widder, The Verge, 14 June 2023
  • This will be one of the few large-scale dance events to be held on a Los Angeles beach, and the first on Cabrillo Beach.
    Ana Monroy Yglesias, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The spring mud that for weeks has bogged down large-scale maneuver is drying up.
    David Axe, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • The large-scale search had one goal: find and identify a specific type of lizard.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Scharff says that a large-scale design is not difficult to pull off.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, House Beautiful, 7 May 2023
  • His favorite large-scale trap is called the Uhlik Repeater trap, which can catch dozens of live rats in one night.
    Oliver Whang, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Option 2: Volunteer to help build or work for a large-scale art project or large-theme camp.
    Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
  • When the structures got low enough, large-scale excavators could be brought in to finish the job.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • As a result, a large-scale outbreak of this virus among humans has not occurred.
    Dave Wessner, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The water is where Bailey found her confidence to be the lead of a large-scale Hollywood movie.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The people also suggested that more large-scale events might come in the fall, as the primary race heats up.
    Shane Goldmacher, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2023
  • Michael also had a vision that was both large-scale when the movie called for it and intimate and touching when the movie needed it.
    Elizabeth Raposo, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Our country could very well lose a large-scale war for lack of weapons and ammunition—but not because of aid to Ukraine.
    Kori Schake, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Tech leads like Ivan play a huge role in large-scale project success as the tech industry rapidly expands.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The property value effects of large-scale solar projects were not consistent across the six states in the study.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The incident is only the latest example of large-scale food theft in the United States.
    Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
  • This marks the second time in recent weeks that Em has made a surprise appearance during a large-scale event.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 30 July 2023
  • The large-scale advertisements banners over the west end of downtown tend to be related to sports.
    Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Though efforts to address the problem have fallen short of achieving large-scale change, Baltimore has long been ahead of the curve.
    Lea Skene, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2023
  • To make large-scale production a reality, Safi has a long road ahead.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Other works will include large-scale portraits with the intent to have viewers in an escapist realm.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 8 Apr. 2024
  • See some of the world’s best street art Among the best free things to do in Denver is exploring street art, ranging from large-scale murals to 3D graffiti.
    Robin Soslow, Chron, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The Kizzee case had drawn large-scale media attention and several days of protests when deputies shot and killed him in the Westmont neighborhood.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2023
  • After ruling out the possibility of lethal aid last year, Yoon now says that could change in the event of a large-scale civilian attack.
    NBC news, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The bridge had crossed the river Seym in the Kursk region, the area in western Russia where Ukrainian forces have been carrying out a large-scale ground incursion.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Amaral’s large-scale abstract works free themselves from the wall and refuse any form of categorization.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The motion was submitted to German parliament in advance of a large-scale initiative over the next two years that will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus school in Dessau.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024

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