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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And then the big question would be whether anything concrete could come out of this? — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026 But the big question is who will get to keep the copy of Madden 27 that Williams sent. — Dana Kozlov, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026 Did Notre Dame learn enough about Noah Grubbs and Teddy Jarrard to answer the big question? — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 So the big question is less about which party wins and more about which side can form a majority. — Kostya Manenkov, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the big question

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“The big question.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20big%20question. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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