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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Because here’s the big question.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Dec. 2025
One of the big question marks surrounding the Tigers heading into the offseason will be the future at quarterback.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
But the big question analysts are asking is if Netflix’s leadership of co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters and chairman Reed Hastings struck the mega-transaction as an opportunistic offensive play or as a defensive move.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Dec. 2025
The Federal Reserve meets for the last time this year on December 10, and, again, the big question centers around what will happen with interest rates.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2025
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Dec. 2025
One of the big question marks surrounding the Tigers heading into the offseason will be the future at quarterback.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
But the big question analysts are asking is if Netflix’s leadership of co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters and chairman Reed Hastings struck the mega-transaction as an opportunistic offensive play or as a defensive move.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Dec. 2025
The Federal Reserve meets for the last time this year on December 10, and, again, the big question centers around what will happen with interest rates.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2025
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