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at large
A descriptive term for the election of public officials by an entire governmental unit rather than by subdivisions of the unit. For example, a delegate at large does not represent any specific district or locale, but speaks instead for a much wider group of people.
Idioms and Phrases
Free, unconfined, especially not confined in prison, as in To our distress, the housebreakers were still at large . [1300s]
At length, fully; also, as a whole, in general. For example, The chairman talked at large about the company's plans for the coming year , or, as Shakespeare wrote in Love's Labour's Lost (1:1): “So to the laws at large I write my name” (that is, I uphold the laws in general). This usage is somewhat less common. [1400s]
Elected to represent an entire group of voters rather than those in a particular district or other segment—for example, alderman at large , representing all the wards of a city instead of just one, or delegate at large to a labor union convention . [Mid-1700s]
Example Sentences
The suspect, described as a white man with brown hair wearing body armor over a blue uniform-style shirt and pants, remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous.
The seven-week event starting July 8 is at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s bid to dominate the world of competitive gaming and the video game industry at large.
However prominent Korean culture seems to be, there is surprising lack of coverage of the classical scene at large.
Of those who escaped the prison, police said 80 inmates had been recaptured and searches were ongoing for more than 130 still at large.
The jury was told that Mr Barclay lived mostly off-grid and in the countryside because for "two years he'd been unlawfully at large".
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