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a bigwig in local politics
interviewed by several bigwigs on the hospital's staff
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Join 13 others in the comments View Comments Apart from more details on the reserve, industry bigwigs (who’ve long complained that the Biden administration was strangling crypto) are looking forward to some basic regulatory guidance.
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
With that in mind, backing new filmmakers with wild projects and bucking the kind of risk aversion that seems to govern modern Hollywood comes down to intuition — and maybe pissing off a few industry bigwigs along the way.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
That project, which details the two artists’ love story, is coming on March 21 and features contributions from music industry bigwigs like Justin Tranter, Julia Michaels, and Finneas.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
In 1987, Hackman starred opposite Kevin Costner and Sean Young in Roger Donaldson's No Way Out, which finds his desperate government bigwig David Brice with blood on his hands after the accidental murder of his mistress.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
With that in mind, backing new filmmakers with wild projects and bucking the kind of risk aversion that seems to govern modern Hollywood comes down to intuition — and maybe pissing off a few industry bigwigs along the way.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
That project, which details the two artists’ love story, is coming on March 21 and features contributions from music industry bigwigs like Justin Tranter, Julia Michaels, and Finneas.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
In 1987, Hackman starred opposite Kevin Costner and Sean Young in Roger Donaldson's No Way Out, which finds his desperate government bigwig David Brice with blood on his hands after the accidental murder of his mistress.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Bigwig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigwig. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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