at large
Example Sentences
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More recently, failures at large distributors have shown how quickly deliveries can be interrupted, even when goods are available.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
Private credit markets are on that watchlist, he said, though he sees no signs yet of the kind of contagion that would threaten the system at large.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
The cuts come against a backdrop of wider layoffs across the gaming sector, impacting developers at large and small studios alike.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
The public at large bought into those efforts with little skepticism in the understandable desire to have Latinos star in the American story.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Turning back to the class at large, he reached into the jar for the next spider and placed it upon the desktop, where it remained motionless, apparently too scared to move.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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