megaproject
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English
Etymology
Noun
megaproject (plural megaprojects)
- A very large public investment project, especially one costing more than one billion US dollars.
- 2021 March 16, Simon Romero, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, “Trump’s Incomplete Border Wall Is in Pieces That Could Linger for Decades”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Now the incomplete border wall, already one of the costliest megaprojects in United States history, with an estimated eventual price tag of more than $15 billion, […]
- 2023 March 22, Philip Haigh, “AI driving HS2 innovations to improve efficiency”, in RAIL, number 979, page 57, photo caption:
- The Government's intention to rephase construction of the megaproject is likely to increase costs in the longer term.
References
- “megaproject”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
megaproject on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
