big name
noun
: a performer or personage of top rank in popular recognition
a big name in the business world
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This season, the recruits include 18 big names including television personalities, influencers and former professional athletes.
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Nvidia and Oracle shedding the most among the big names, while Microsoft 's announcement of a self-cooling chip has hit the power-management names such as Vertiv .
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Also today, as tensions rose over Kimmel’s situation, the ACLU released a letter signed by more than 400 big names including Disney regulars Meryl Streep, Selena Gomez, Kerry Washington and Diego Luna, plus Ariana DeBose, Regina King, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jean Smart and Noah Wyle.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
Longtime worship leader Chris Tomlin opened the service, and was joined later by other big names in contemporary Christian music, including Brandon Lake and Phil Wickham.
—Jonathan J. Cooper, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Nvidia and Oracle shedding the most among the big names, while Microsoft 's announcement of a self-cooling chip has hit the power-management names such as Vertiv .
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Also today, as tensions rose over Kimmel’s situation, the ACLU released a letter signed by more than 400 big names including Disney regulars Meryl Streep, Selena Gomez, Kerry Washington and Diego Luna, plus Ariana DeBose, Regina King, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jean Smart and Noah Wyle.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
Longtime worship leader Chris Tomlin opened the service, and was joined later by other big names in contemporary Christian music, including Brandon Lake and Phil Wickham.
—Jonathan J. Cooper, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Big name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20name. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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