big game
noun
1
: relatively large animals sought or taken by hunting or fishing especially for sport
2
: an important objective especially when involving risk
Examples of big game in a Sentence
They traveled to Africa to hunt big game.
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The Bills have one route to win big games.
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Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
To date, Duffy has talked a big game about the space race.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Pricing for Super Bowl commercials — the top tier of advertising across TV and streaming — can often escalate by about $100,000 as remaining inventory lessens and the big game approaches.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Currently in beta with around 50 developers, from big game studios to indie upstarts, QA Co-AI is set to launch globally via AWS Marketplace by the end of this year.
—John Kang, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
To date, Duffy has talked a big game about the space race.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Pricing for Super Bowl commercials — the top tier of advertising across TV and streaming — can often escalate by about $100,000 as remaining inventory lessens and the big game approaches.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Currently in beta with around 50 developers, from big game studios to indie upstarts, QA Co-AI is set to launch globally via AWS Marketplace by the end of this year.
—John Kang, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for big game
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“Big game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20game. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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