big-budget
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: involving a lot of money : involving a relatively large cost
a big-budget movie
a big-budget economic forecast
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That sets it apart from the myriad space operas populating big-budget TV in recent years; the relationships are the real substance of the show, the interstellar adventures are the dessert.
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Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
By eschewing dull photorealism for highly detailed and otherworldly vistas that are even more saturated than their movie counterparts, Massive's work on Frontiers of Pandora is transportive on a level that few (if any) big-budget video game productions have been able to capture.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
More recently, productions such as Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and Amazon Prime Video’s big-budget series House of David both shot in the territory.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2025
So far, Universal’s big-budget musical has earned $312 million domestically and $467 million globally.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Dec. 2025
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Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
By eschewing dull photorealism for highly detailed and otherworldly vistas that are even more saturated than their movie counterparts, Massive's work on Frontiers of Pandora is transportive on a level that few (if any) big-budget video game productions have been able to capture.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
More recently, productions such as Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and Amazon Prime Video’s big-budget series House of David both shot in the territory.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2025
So far, Universal’s big-budget musical has earned $312 million domestically and $467 million globally.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for big-budget
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“Big-budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-budget. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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