small-scale
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The backlash from residents in the Central Valley to the possibility of even a small-scale data center demonstrates how acutely the issue has put many Americans on edge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Investigators have linked Russia to small-scale sabotage and reconnaissance across Europe, often involving locals hired over Telegram or other social-media platforms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Instead, it calls for careful laboratory research, more sophisticated climate modeling, and perhaps small-scale experiments on future Mars missions to explore localized warming techniques.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Mexican government forecasters say troughs - small-scale low pressure features - are expected in the middle and upper layers of the atmosphere over central parts of Mexico on Sunday, making the atmosphere very unstable.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 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
