How to Use small-scale in a Sentence

small-scale

adjective
  • The small-scale demonstration project was the first in the United States.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
  • The small-scale structure could lead to something big -- a place to call home.
    — Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 2 Sep. 2024
  • The whole idea of small-scale brewing and trying to make a living was unheard of.
    — Alice Barlow, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Shrink down to small-scale pieces that don't obstruct your view of the surrounding room.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2024
  • As time passed that night, Mr. Bar thought that Hamas might attempt a small-scale assault.
    — Maria Abi-Habib, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The small-scale tribulations of his life are played out in an absurdly large way.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Did its success show you what could be achieved with such a small-scale production?
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2023
  • In the meantime, Ukraine has begun to surge troops in the country’s south and pursued small-scale attacks to test the Russian lines.
    — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Where the old home plate used to be, a new home plate is in a small-scale field set up for fans to hit wiffle balls, round the bases and snag balls hit into play.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
  • But as a small-scale farmer and fisherman, Bingala had no safety net to fall back on.
    — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 21 Nov. 2024
  • This formula keeps the action small-scale for the majority of the film.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024
  • His father, Emil, owned and ran a small-scale printing press, and his mother, Belle Speiser, managed the home.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 20 May 2024
  • The black lines of the glass shower door contrast the small-scale pattern on the floor tile and complement the black vanity and mirror frame.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The back of the cabinet pulls off, revealing the set's lone minifig and a second, small-scale Pac-Man cabinet.
    — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 22 May 2023
  • The small-scale train takes up to 250 passengers at a time riding around the amusement park while the park is open and weather permitting.
    — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2023
  • In the Congo Basin, for example, much of the forest loss is due to poor, small-scale farmers trying to survive.
    — Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The Speakeasy series is not MSO's only small-scale initiative.
    — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The three episodes narrate the lives and working conditions of small-scale miners in the context of colonialism.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
  • With just a little practice in the backyard, this small-scale slingshot will prove to punch way above its weight class in performance.
    — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
  • But small-scale projects aren’t enough to heal Colombia’s larger divisions, Mr. Suárez says.
    — Mie Hoejris Dahl, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Between the lines: Locked display cases aren't meant to deter small-scale shoplifting.
    — Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
  • By speeding up the process, and with more precision, the small-scale developers and custom home builders don’t have to pass along as high of a cost to the consumer.
    — Stephanie Cain, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The business supplies power tools to small-scale farmers in India.
    — Julie Zauzmer Weil, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • When Shafik ordered the first encampment cleared, a small-scale protest mushroomed on the campus and went nationwide.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Makers complain about small-scale contracts from the government, shortages of funds and a lack of planning.
    — Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Son bet on small-scale AI rather than data centers, which is where much of the growth has actually taken place.
    — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 25 Aug. 2023
  • That intimacy plus one’s sense of being in on a secret is what draws many of us to small-scale restaurants like Sora.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The first step was to set up a small-scale pilot version of the purification technology at the city’s wastewater plant — and test the water that came out of it.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Abbott has done this with relatively small-scale initiatives that have packed a big PR and ...
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 28 Jan. 2024
  • But astronomers have found that decorating those arms are a multitude of small-scale features known as feathers.
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025

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