the Big Apple

noun

informal

—used as a name for New York City

She moved to the Big Apple after she graduated.

Examples of the Big Apple in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This year, Miami has inked more $30 million-plus home deals than the Big Apple, which has logged just 17 such sales in the first half of 2026, according to Olshan Realty’s luxury market report. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

Record-breaking Brooklyn home The Oppenheimer actor’s pad in the Big Apple is a massive penthouse triplex in The Standish, a luxury building in Brooklyn Heights. — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026

The city’s infrastructure is not designed for the higher rainfall rates of a warming world, making flash flooding increasingly common and severe in the Big Apple. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

Even with just one day, London surpassed New York in 2026 and took the Guinness World Record title for largest number of marathon finishers with just under 60,000, eking past the Big Apple’s 59,226. — Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Rhymes for the Big Apple

• pineapple
• appal
• chapel
• dapple
• grapple