on a large scale

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widespread adj.
greatly adv.
largely adv.

ADJECTIVE

widespread

Synonyms

WEAK

across the board all over the place boundless broad common comprehensive current diffuse epidemic far-flung far-reaching general outspread overall pandemic pervasive popular prevailing prevalent public rampant regnant rife ruling sweeping universal unlimited unrestricted wall-to-wall wholesale

Antonyms

WEAK

concentrated limited local narrow

ADVERB

greatly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

enormously extremely highly hugely immeasurably immensely incredibly indeed largely markedly mightily notably remarkably tremendously vastly very much

WEAK

abundantly by much conspicuously eminently emphatically exceedingly exceptionally famously glaringly in great measure incalculably incomparably infinitely inimitably intensely most much powerfully strikingly superlatively supremely surpassingly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little

WEAK

inconsiderably insignificantly unremarkably

ADVERB

largely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

broadly chiefly generally mostly predominantly principally widely

WEAK

abundantly as a rule by and large commodiously comprehensively considerably copiously expansively extensively extravagantly generously grandly immoderately imposingly in a big way in a grand manner lavishly liberally magnificently mainly overall primarily prodigally prodigiously voluminously

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on a large scale

That kind of foot in the door can make all the difference for young people like Ohwobete and Ramírez, who have creative aspirations but few opportunities to realize them on a large scale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Authorities across Europe have tried to avoid air conditioning on a large scale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

But finding areas of land to recreate lost salt marsh on a large scale is a near impossible task on an already crowded coast line.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

This reveals which neurons are directly connected, allowing scientists to map networks on a large scale.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026

However, because the universe is not exactly the same in every direction, but only on average on a large scale, the microwaves cannot be exactly the same in every direction either.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

on a large scale

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