at large
Example Sentences
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The polls do not suggest for a second that the public at large is in the mood to do that.
From BBC
PARIS—French authorities said they’ve detained four more people in connection to the Louvre heist, including a man suspected of being the only thief to remain at large after purloining the nation’s crown jewels.
This week, the California Air Resources Board will vote on adopting a new slate of requirements to better identify and more quickly respond to methane leaks and disastrous underground fires at large landfills statewide.
From Los Angeles Times
He called her “a great hire, wonderful for the La Jolla Playhouse and San Diego for sure, but also for the American theater at large.”
From Los Angeles Times
When I worked at the BBC half a lifetime ago, like all staffs at large, public institutions, we had some good gags in corporate self-deprecation.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
