small-scale

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Daniel, the foreman in this remote, informal, small-scale mine in Kono, the diamond region of Sierra Leone, shows me the gravel he's picking through with his fingers.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

A few kilometres from Kinshasa, small-scale fishing still provides a livelihood for more than 600 families on the small river island of Kimpoko.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The aim was to highlight new approaches to small-scale development that could increase the stock of affordable housing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

"Planets form from the bottom up, by sticking small-scale planetesimals together. But forming a planet at the edge of the instability zone would be like trying to stick snowflakes together in a hurricane," he said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

Indeed, for most of us this is of less importance than the innumerable small-scale exposures to which we are subjected day by day, year after year.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson