How to Use small-scale in a Sentence

small-scale

adjective

• The small-scale demonstration project was the first in the United States.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
• As time passed that night, Mr. Bar thought that Hamas might attempt a small-scale assault.
  — Maria Abi-Habib, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• The small-scale tribulations of his life are played out in an absurdly large way.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• Did its success show you what could be achieved with such a small-scale production?
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2023
• In the meantime, Ukraine has begun to surge troops in the country’s south and pursued small-scale attacks to test the Russian lines.
  — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023
• Where the old home plate used to be, a new home plate is in a small-scale field set up for fans to hit wiffle balls, round the bases and snag balls hit into play.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
• This formula keeps the action small-scale for the majority of the film.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024
• His father, Emil, owned and ran a small-scale printing press, and his mother, Belle Speiser, managed the home.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 20 May 2024
• The black lines of the glass shower door contrast the small-scale pattern on the floor tile and complement the black vanity and mirror frame.
  — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2023
• The back of the cabinet pulls off, revealing the set's lone minifig and a second, small-scale Pac-Man cabinet.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 22 May 2023
• The small-scale train takes up to 250 passengers at a time riding around the amusement park while the park is open and weather permitting.
  — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2023
• In the Congo Basin, for example, much of the forest loss is due to poor, small-scale farmers trying to survive.
  — Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
• The Speakeasy series is not MSO's only small-scale initiative.
  — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
• With just a little practice in the backyard, this small-scale slingshot will prove to punch way above its weight class in performance.
  — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
• By speeding up the process, and with more precision, the small-scale developers and custom home builders don’t have to pass along as high of a cost to the consumer.
  — Stephanie Cain, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
• The business supplies power tools to small-scale farmers in India.
  — Julie Zauzmer Weil, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
• Makers complain about small-scale contracts from the government, shortages of funds and a lack of planning.
  — Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• Son bet on small-scale AI rather than data centers, which is where much of the growth has actually taken place.
  — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 25 Aug. 2023
• The first step was to set up a small-scale pilot version of the purification technology at the city’s wastewater plant — and test the water that came out of it.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2024
• Abbott has done this with relatively small-scale initiatives that have packed a big PR and ...
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 28 Jan. 2024
• Now, some of the same judges who had asked him to break the law were dismissing him for what struck him as comparatively small-scale misconduct.
  — Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
• No one has yet attempted even small-scale outdoor experiments, because of all the things that could go wrong.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2023
• Like Reichardt, Lizzy makes small-scale art; the beauty of her ceramic sculptures lies in their handmade details.
  — Vikram Murthi, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
• But the experiments can be — if not exactly simple — at least small-scale.
  — Sarah Scoles, Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
• Artisanal miners at a small-scale gold mine in Umguza, Zimbabwe.
  — Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2023
• Neither will small-scale vendors who report less than $5,000 in quarterly sales.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
• The small-scale pleasures are in the maneuverings at court and shouted arguments at councils; these too were among the amusements of Game of Thrones, which had a wickedness at its heart.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 14 June 2024
• Long waitlists for programs and a reduced workforce have led to a small-scale version of the larger mental health crisis sweeping across the United States.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2023
• Cattle, small-scale farming, and fishing are mainstays here, and tourism also provides a source of income for villagers.
  — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
• Many of those who manufacture the potent opioid are believed to be small-scale producers who supplied the cartel.
  — Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 26 July 2024

Last Updated: 18 Sep 2024