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1. free; uncaptured. (Usually said of criminals not in custody.) At noon, the day after the robbery, the thieves were still at large. There is a murderer at large in the city!

2. in general; according to a general sample. Truck drivers at large don't like the new speed restriction on the highway. Students at large felt that discipline was too strict.

3. representing the whole group rather than its subsections. (Always refers to a special kind of elective office.) He ran for representative at large. She represented shareholders at large on the governing board.

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He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. The Declaration of Independence by History Documents View in context Such was the din of the bells and the squalling of the cats, that though the duke and duchess were the contrivers of the joke they were startled by it, while Don Quixote stood paralysed with fear; and as luck would have it, two or three of the cats made their way in through the grating of his chamber, and flying from one side to the other, made it seem as if there was a legion of devils at large in it. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context The various checks which influence the struggle for existence in the world at large are all neutralized or altered. The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context	at expense at face value at fault at fingertips at first at first blush at first glance at first hand at first light at first sight at full blast at full speed at full strength at full stretch at great length at half-mast at hand at hazard at heart at heels at home at home with at issue at it again at knee at large at last at least at least so many at leisure at length at liberty at loggerheads at loose ends at low ebb at most at mother's knee at night at no time at odds at once at one fell swoop at one sitting at one time at one time or another at own game at pains to at peace at peace with at play at point-blank range	at home At Home America At Home Enteral Nutrition At Home Health Equipment At Home Parenteral Nutrition At Home Pregnancy Test at home with At Home With Diversity At Iba Pa AT interface At intervals at issue at issue at issue at issue at issue at issue at it at it at it at it At It Again at its best at its worst at its worst AT Kearney, Inc. AT keyboard AT keyboard connector at knee at knifepoint at large at last at last at last at last at last at last At Last (Celine Dion single) At Last (Celine Dion single) At Last (song) At Last (song) at law at law at law at law at least at least at least At Least I Have Chicken At Least in Heaven I Can Skate At Least Once At Least Once Asked Questions at least so many At leastways at leisure at leisure at leisure at leisure at length at length at length

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

The Declaration of Independence by History Documents View in context

Such was the din of the bells and the squalling of the cats, that though the duke and duchess were the contrivers of the joke they were startled by it, while Don Quixote stood paralysed with fear; and as luck would have it, two or three of the cats made their way in through the grating of his chamber, and flying from one side to the other, made it seem as if there was a legion of devils at large in it.

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

The various checks which influence the struggle for existence in the world at large are all neutralized or altered.

The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

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