big money

noun

: a lot of money
She was earning big money as a lawyer.

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All of Tuesday’s big money luck among the Mega Millions, Fantasy 5, Jackpot Triple Play and Cash4Life drawings started and ended on one jackpot. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025 The big money takeover is wrecking college sports. FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025 Taken together — lax credit standards resurfacing, leveraged firms falling out of favor, speculative flows unmoored from fundamentals — the echoes with past turning points are fanning a spirit of discipline among a cohort of big money managers. Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025 There is potentially big money in the companion AI space, because its users are more likely to be actively engaged, committed to their bots, and willing to pay to keep conversations going. Andrew R. Chow, Time, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for big money

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“Big money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20money. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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