wide-scale

A form of widescale — Large enough to affect or involve all or most of the relevant area.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. alternativeAlternative form of widescale.

    The railway's civil engineers and architects have embarked on a wide-scale scheme for minor station improvements—quite apart, of course, from continued development of major schemes.

    1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, pages 251–252
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    The Jardaan are a mysterious species or faction responsible for building the bots and technology known as the Remnant. According to recordings and findings from Khi Tasira, they were interested in not only wide-scale terraforming but the creation of sentient life. One of their successful creations, the angara, were seeded on multiple worlds in the Heleus Cluster.

    2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Remnant: Creators Codex entry
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