as in heavyweight
one of high position or importance within a group
interviewed by several bigwigs on the hospital's staff
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Recent Examples of bigwig
Elsewhere on the black and gold carpet outside the Ray Dolby Ballroom on Sunday night, Hollywood bigwigs such as Sydney Sweeney, Kate Hudson and Zoey Deutch brought golden age glamour with sophisticated updos and curly bobs.
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 17 Nov. 2025
Other Party bigwigs expressed disappointment, too, from the progressives Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to the milquetoast Democratic National Committee leader Ken Martin.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
Sharon and Expectation met with then BBC content boss Charlotte Moore and other bigwigs at the British public broadcaster, and Home to Roost was set up as a ten-part BBC series that would follow the return home.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
Connect with people on every level, from team members to bigwigs.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 17 Nov. 2025
Other Party bigwigs expressed disappointment, too, from the progressives Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to the milquetoast Democratic National Committee leader Ken Martin.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
Sharon and Expectation met with then BBC content boss Charlotte Moore and other bigwigs at the British public broadcaster, and Home to Roost was set up as a ten-part BBC series that would follow the return home.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
Connect with people on every level, from team members to bigwigs.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigwig
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Beckham responded with dignified simplicity placing herself in the public lens alongside industry heavyweights like Anna Wintour.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The cohort is also backed by industry heavyweights; last year’s fashion allies included Lululemon and Saks Global while program partners included HSBC and SAP.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
22 Jan. 2026
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Simmons had a heroic night with eight points and eight rebounds, playing much of it as an undersized 5-man with Magoon Gwath injured and the other bigs in foul trouble.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Starting and closing with both bigs presents a grueling workload for the two centers.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2026
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The Dark Ages gave us an extremely metal prequel that — while a bit too lore and cutscene-heavy — presented more surprising tricks and gameplay refreshes to keep the long-running FPS series alive and kicking butt.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
26 Dec. 2025
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However, a combination of tariffs, inflation and narrow GDP growth kept the tech-heavy S & P 500 in the lead over the Russell 2000.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
10 Dec. 2025
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Singer island is so named after Paris Singer, a descendant of the Singer Sewing Machine magnate, who began developing the Palm Beach coastline into a national luxury destination in the 1920s.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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O’Leary isn’t the only nonprofessional in Marty Supreme’s sprawling cast, which includes rapper Tyler the Creator, real-life table-tennis champion Koto Kawaguchi, filmmaker Abel Ferrara, and supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2026
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Amidst all those tech tycoons, luxury’s biggest name sits at seventh in the billionaire rankings.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
31 Dec. 2025
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Former Russian banking tycoon Oleg Tinkov says a single Instagram post condemning the war in Ukraine cost him nearly $9 billion, after he was forced to sell his stake in his bank for a fraction of its real value.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Dec. 2025
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“Bigwig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigwig. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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