: relating to or being a political representative who is elected to serve an entire area rather than one of its subdivisions
an at-large city councilor
an at-large election
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Last season, the Division 1 playoff bracket featured three at-large entries.
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The CIF-SS playoff pairings will be released Saturday at 10 a.m. ….
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Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 23 Apr. 2024
The School Board trimmed the number of candidates for its vacant at-large position at a special meeting Friday.
—Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 20 Apr. 2024
Critics argue that legislation is needed to rein in the sale of beauty products on Amazon, TikTok and on social media at-large.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
Gilmore lost her race for the at-large board seat, with 43.4% of votes.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2024
Cole Brings Plenty, a budding actor who played Pete Plenty Clouds on Yellowstone spinoff series 1923, was found dead in Kansas, just days after he was reported missing and named as suspect at-large in a domestic violence case.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2024
State had lost seven of nine games to end their regular season a dismal 17-14, a record too mediocre to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
The College Basketball Crown will unfold over a week in Las Vegas next April, featuring two automatic qualifiers apiece from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East that didn’t earn NCAA tournament bids, as well as 10 additional at-large teams selected by a committee.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Before that stretch, the team had lost seven of their last nine regular season games to end the regular season a dismal 17-14, a record simply too mediocre to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 29 Mar. 2024
Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 23 Apr. 2024
The School Board trimmed the number of candidates for its vacant at-large position at a special meeting Friday.
—Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 20 Apr. 2024
Critics argue that legislation is needed to rein in the sale of beauty products on Amazon, TikTok and on social media at-large.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
Gilmore lost her race for the at-large board seat, with 43.4% of votes.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2024
Cole Brings Plenty, a budding actor who played Pete Plenty Clouds on Yellowstone spinoff series 1923, was found dead in Kansas, just days after he was reported missing and named as suspect at-large in a domestic violence case.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2024
State had lost seven of nine games to end their regular season a dismal 17-14, a record too mediocre to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
The College Basketball Crown will unfold over a week in Las Vegas next April, featuring two automatic qualifiers apiece from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East that didn’t earn NCAA tournament bids, as well as 10 additional at-large teams selected by a committee.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Before that stretch, the team had lost seven of their last nine regular season games to end the regular season a dismal 17-14, a record simply too mediocre to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 29 Mar. 2024
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“At-large.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at-large. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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