megaproject
noun
mega·proj·ect
ˈme-gə-ˌprä-ˌjekt 
-jikt,
also -ˌprō-
: a major project or undertaking (as in business or construction)
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In building a megaproject like this, time is never on our side.
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Tom Wright, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2024
Based on Donald Miller’s 2006 book of the same name, Masters of the Air rounds out a triptych of TV megaprojects about American soldiers during World War II from executive producers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
The megaproject’s cost has ballooned in the last decade, skyrocketing from $4.4 billion to a more than $12 billion estimate made earlier this year.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
Notably, the test article was 300 cubic meters in volume, or one-third the volume of ISS—a megaproject constructed by some 15 countries over more than 30 launches.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2024
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Tom Wright, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2024
Based on Donald Miller’s 2006 book of the same name, Masters of the Air rounds out a triptych of TV megaprojects about American soldiers during World War II from executive producers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
The megaproject’s cost has ballooned in the last decade, skyrocketing from $4.4 billion to a more than $12 billion estimate made earlier this year.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
Notably, the test article was 300 cubic meters in volume, or one-third the volume of ISS—a megaproject constructed by some 15 countries over more than 30 launches.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2024
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“Megaproject.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megaproject. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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