small-scale
adjective
1
: small in scope
especially
: small in output or operation
2
of a map
: having a scale (such as one inch to 25 miles) that permits plotting of comparatively little detail and shows mainly large features
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This goes some way to explain why so many Ukrainian defense enterprises are small-scale operations run by volunteers backed by fundraisers.
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David Hambling, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
On July 13, when small-scale fighting broke out in Sweida between local Bedouin and Druze men, Sharaa sent a large contingent of fighters southward from Damascus in aging tanks and pickup trucks.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 18 July 2025
But the industry was highly unregulated and chaotic, as hundreds of small-scale, private mines and refineries competed against one another, undercutting each other's profits.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 17 July 2025
Last year in Alameda, California, a small-scale testing project of a form of geoengineering called marine cloud brightening by academic scientists was shut down after community outcry, despite researchers demonstrating that the actions were harmless.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 10 July 2025
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David Hambling, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
On July 13, when small-scale fighting broke out in Sweida between local Bedouin and Druze men, Sharaa sent a large contingent of fighters southward from Damascus in aging tanks and pickup trucks.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 18 July 2025
But the industry was highly unregulated and chaotic, as hundreds of small-scale, private mines and refineries competed against one another, undercutting each other's profits.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 17 July 2025
Last year in Alameda, California, a small-scale testing project of a form of geoengineering called marine cloud brightening by academic scientists was shut down after community outcry, despite researchers demonstrating that the actions were harmless.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 10 July 2025
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“Small-scale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small-scale. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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