the big question
noun
: the thing everyone would like to know
The big question is, will he be number one in the football draft?
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This conversation can lead to the big question: what happened?
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R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
This conversation can lead to the big question: What happened?
—Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2025
So the big question Tuesday night: If the Panthers win their second straight Stanley Cup, which player gets the game puck presented to him by Vanecek to place as the final puck on the Panthers’ locker room wall?
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 16 June 2025
In the past 20 years, in which countries like China have laid more than 25,000 miles of high-speed rail track, the top U.S. projects have barely gotten started, causing the technology's top proponents to ask the big question: What's taking so long?
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
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R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
This conversation can lead to the big question: What happened?
—Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2025
So the big question Tuesday night: If the Panthers win their second straight Stanley Cup, which player gets the game puck presented to him by Vanecek to place as the final puck on the Panthers’ locker room wall?
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 16 June 2025
In the past 20 years, in which countries like China have laid more than 25,000 miles of high-speed rail track, the top U.S. projects have barely gotten started, causing the technology's top proponents to ask the big question: What's taking so long?
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
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