on a mass scale
collocation in Englishmeaningsofon,massandscale
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on
preposition
uk/ɒn/us/ɑːn/
used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it, or that something is moving into such ...
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mass
adjective[before noun]
uk/mæs/us/mæs/
having an effect on or involving a large number of people or forming a ...
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scale
noun
uk/skeɪl/us/skeɪl/
a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level ...
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(Definition ofon,massandscalefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It does, because otherwise we are left with the only alternative option of teaching logic on amassscale.
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It considered two forms of exploitation: looting on amassscale, and systematic, systemic exploitation of those resources.
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One of the particular problems of the 1970s would seem to be the exercise of open-ended discretion on amassscale.
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We believe that that prevents policemen using the power indiscriminately on amassscale.
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Moreover, the horror and cruelty of myxomatosis is on amassscale.
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The idea of production on amassscaleis economically unsound.
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Is it, as many outside commentators have suggested, half or more than half—in other words, means testing on amassscalefor the first time?
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I grew up to loathe and detest the evils of unemployment on amassscale, because my best friends were unemployed all through my youth.
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Radio-based communication on amassscaleis a relatively recent phenomenon.
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I have witnessed them on amassscalein which vast numbers of people have been engaged.
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On the other hand, he told us he was afraid that long term unemployment on amassscalemight sink this fund.
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The response was violent picketing on amassscale, which cannot be justified.
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The decision to build houses on amassscalewas a curse of the society in which we lived at the time.
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We shall be tackling very nasty, very vicious, very violent people who are uninterrupted in their activity in ripping off our £90,000 million social security budget on amassscale.
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If the power of stop and search is used indiscriminately on amassscale, ill-feeling could be bred in certain sections of the community and the police force.
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Poaching and encroachment on the royal forests surged, sometimes on amassscale.
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While this shows that neutrinos have mass, the absolute neutrinomassscaleis still not known.
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It would also place constraints on the absolute neutrinomassscale.
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