as in heavyweights
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 bigwigs
As the fashion types begin to migrate to New York for the start of fashion week, the C-suite bigwigs were leaning in on Wall Street, courting investors at Goldman Sachs’ annual retail conference.
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
His rattan chairs have seated famed Indian celebrities like members of India’s billionaire Ambani family and Bollywood stars, as well as American bigwigs like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who visited the restaurant last year.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025
Unfortunately, season 3 finds the Nates running afoul of the corrupt bigwigs at Horizen, the company that owns Lakeview.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Might folks with less-than-pure intentions pose as bigwigs to get their hands on a collection of ancient objects?
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Why the corporate bigwigs decide to bring these potentially deadly (okay, almost certainly deadly) alien lifeforms to Earth rather than research them in the research vessels in space remains a mystery.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Evan Clark, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
His rattan chairs have seated famed Indian celebrities like members of India’s billionaire Ambani family and Bollywood stars, as well as American bigwigs like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who visited the restaurant last year.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025
Unfortunately, season 3 finds the Nates running afoul of the corrupt bigwigs at Horizen, the company that owns Lakeview.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Might folks with less-than-pure intentions pose as bigwigs to get their hands on a collection of ancient objects?
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Why the corporate bigwigs decide to bring these potentially deadly (okay, almost certainly deadly) alien lifeforms to Earth rather than research them in the research vessels in space remains a mystery.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigwigs
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Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar led the legal comedy alongside several TV heavyweights.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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From groundbreaking advances in AI and robotics to ambitious new products from industry heavyweights like Dyson, Lenovo, and Samsung, this year’s show was packed with tech that feels both exciting and forward-looking.—
PCMag Staff,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That changes the spacing for the bigs, who have to work in tighter confines without Cunningham and eventually Clark pulling defenders out of the paint.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
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Waiving Bradley without seeing how healthy those two bigs are would be irresponsible.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Not dabblers in the slave trade, tycoons of the slave trade.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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At Evergrande’s listing party in 2009, Hui was joined by many of Hong Kong’s tycoons, including Cheng Yu-tung, the late founder of Hong Kong property giant New World Development, and Chinese Estates’ founder Joseph Lau.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
25 Aug. 2025
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This year’s Davos summit seated several religious figures at the same tables hosting bond-market briefings alongside the usual presidents, central-bank chiefs, and software magnates.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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Out of a desire for independence, Dwek left Newmark and secured a job working for property magnates Simon and David Reuben.—
Alison Coleman,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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