megaproject

British

/ ˈmɛɡəˌprɒdʒɛkt /

noun

a very large, expensive, or ambitious business project

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Example Sentences

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“This is an order for real work to begin a megaproject.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Comcast Chief Executive Brian Roberts visited Saudi Arabia last month for an investment conference and visited the entertainment and sports megaproject Qiddiya, where the possible Universal park would be built, people with knowledge of the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Among them are Stargate, a megaproject involving OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.

From Barron's

And the proposed designs are also influenced by Egypt's own experience in developing its "New Cairo" - its grand megaproject which has seen a new administrative capital rising from the desert - at great expense.

From BBC

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