big name
noun
: a performer or personage of top rank in popular recognition
a big name in the business world
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The company signs up chefs to develop meals, many of them big names like Pierre Thiam, Jose Garces, and Michelle Bernstein.
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Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026
The city was once a bastion of boutique hotels—such as the forthcoming El Cortés, opening in Roma Norte in March in a 1915 Art Nouveau mansion—but the scene is shifting as the big names arrive.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Brocklehurst would be the latest big name writer to work with Disney+.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
John Harbaugh’s purge of the Giants began immediately on Tuesday and Wednesday with some big changes to big names on the franchise’s masthead.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
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Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026
The city was once a bastion of boutique hotels—such as the forthcoming El Cortés, opening in Roma Norte in March in a 1915 Art Nouveau mansion—but the scene is shifting as the big names arrive.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Brocklehurst would be the latest big name writer to work with Disney+.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
John Harbaugh’s purge of the Giants began immediately on Tuesday and Wednesday with some big changes to big names on the franchise’s masthead.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Big name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20name. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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