as in heavyweight
one of high position or importance within a group
a field in which one can go from being a big-timer to a small-timer in practically no time at all
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Bores, once an engineer at Palantir (the AI company involved in helping ICE), has earned the ire of his former bosses, and other tech bro heavyweights, by forcefully campaigning on regulation.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026 -
Here, that body includes an array of West Coast jazz heavyweights, including Carlos Niño on percussion; Nate Mercereau on guitar, percussion, and wind; and Sam Reid and Jamael Dean, both on piano.—
Linnie Greene,
Pitchfork,
17 Feb. 2026
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These figures place the organic prototype within the performance envelope of conventional lithium-ion batteries, while introducing a new materials platform based on organic chemistry rather than metal-heavy cathodes, CarNewsChina writes.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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Brian Dennehy played the heavy in it.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2026
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Their bigs dominated us, and you guys watched the game, too.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
24 Feb. 2026
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Credit goes to the Iowa bigs, who led an inside attack that allowed Iowa to outscore Michigan by 18 points in the paint.—
Chantel Jennings,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Anthopoulos wants a big gun Obviously, the Braves are shopping to augment their starting rotation.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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The comedy big guns come out to pay their respects to the groundbreaking genius whose comedy is still radical — Ben Stiller, Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Dave Chappelle, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman are just a few.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Despite this evening’s setback, Marty Supreme remains a heavy hitter at next month’s Oscars, with nine nominations, including Best Film, Director, and Actor.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
22 Feb. 2026
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To get Gwyn off the ground, Paltrow tapped fashion-industry heavy hitter Sofía Menassé, who cut her teeth at Alexander Wang, Maison Margiela, and The Row.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
18 Feb. 2026
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More Coloradans are seeing the big wheel spin in their favor each year.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2026
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The cars that Geely showcased at CES, in Las Vegas, were large SUVs with big wheels, opulent interiors, and three rows of seats—not unlike a Ford Explorer.—
Patrick George,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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Only little boys are called big boys.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Jan. 2026
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There are big boys throwing their weight around, and there are wild skinnies with flying arms and spinning back-kicks, chopping out their emergency version of personal space.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
16 Dec. 2025
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Cohen is a star baseball player for Windward and Fullmer plays football for Harvard-Westlake and is the son of former major leaguer Brad Fullmer, one of the best players ever out of Montclair Prep.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Former Yankees pitcher and the oldest living major leaguer Art Schallock died at age 100 on March 6.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Big-timer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big-timer. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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