the big question

noun

: the thing everyone would like to know

The big question is, will he be number one in the football draft?

Examples of the big question in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Zweig said the big question facing U.S. Coast Guard personnel and other first responders is whether anyone could survive for several hours after their cars plummeted into Baltimore Harbor. —Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024

On Thursday, the Federal Reserve chair testified to the Senate Banking Committee against the backdrop of his recent decision not to cut interest rates, the big question investors and homebuyers are asking. —Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024

Which brings us to the big question — one that needed to be answered in the final 20 games but might become a forever mystery: Is this a team worth the cost of running back? —Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024

Now the big question is whether all the regulators pulling on the buckles and loops of Boeing’s straitjacket, with a potential yank from Justice to come, will seriously delay what looked like the start of strong comeback. —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2024

That's the big problem right now and the big question. —CBS News, 18 Feb. 2024

That’s the big question that Microsoft needs to answer on Thursday. —Tom Warren, The Verge, 12 Feb. 2024

Herein lies the big question: Will the kibbutzim ringing the border with Gaza — the area known as the Otef Azza (the Gaza envelope) — return in all their glory? —David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024

Whether or not there are enough of those people here in Iowa is the big question for the Florida governor. —CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024