Synonyms for at large
at large

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1. at large(p), escaped, loose, on the loose(p)adverb

   having escaped, especially from confinement

   "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"

   Antonyms:
   unfree

2. at large, in a broad wayadverb

   in a general fashion

   "he talked at large about his plans"

   Synonyms:
   in a broad way

   Antonyms:
   unfree

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1. Tomohiro Okawa:

   While there are many factors behind the Nikkei's outperformance, one thing that is certain is that the type of investors who buy Japanese shares is changing, until recently, global equity funds weren't in Japan. But now more and more are coming to Japan, buying only large caps, so that helps the Nikkei more.

2. Sanford Levinson:

   It seems foolhardy to assume that the armed state will necessarily be benevolent. The American political tradition is, for good or ill, based in large measure on a healthy mistrust of the state.

3. Guilherme Casarões:

   We should not have such overlap of a national event with a large military participation with a campaign event, the military that should be a state force that serves the interests of a government. [ The Independence Day events ] will allow Paulo Roseno to use the military's symbol... to lend credibility to Paulo Roseno presidential candidacy.

4. Joe Montoya:

   There was a large presence because we had two groups with opposing views, and we know that can always get very tense, theres always potential for violence, we understand that. We had a large contingent there to try to watch the egress of one group, so that the other group wouldnt intermingle with them, so thats the reason for the large presence there.

5. Boris Johnson:

   I have questions for one about whether it's right that the directors, or whoever, the board, should pay themselves large sums when businesses can go down the tubes like that, you need to have some system by which tour operators properly insure themselves against this kind of eventuality.