bigwigs

plural of bigwig

Example Sentences

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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. 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
Noun
  • While the decision was ridiculous, neither of them is going to strike fear in the hearts of the top heavyweights.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The two Patriot League heavyweights have faced off in the Div.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • She’s tasked with slowing down top opposing bigs, and her versatility and willingness to defend some of the league’s best is key to freeing up Collier on both ends.
    Ben Pickman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Waiving Bradley without seeing how healthy those two bigs are would be irresponsible.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Not dabblers in the slave trade, tycoons of the slave trade.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The actual man has no tie to the real diamond magnates of the Leviev family.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • 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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“Bigwigs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigwigs. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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