big-timers

plural of big-timer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for big-timers
Noun
  • Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has successfully recruited prized political heavyweights in key battlegrounds, but left-wing insurgents are threatening to dash his plans to create a competitive midterm map for Democrats.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Poltergeist pairs two Hollywood heavyweights, with Steven Spielberg behind the story and Tobe Hooper in the director's chair — and the result is pure movie magic.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Green and Horford getting six minutes apiece in the first quarter, for example, works as Green would be fresher down the stretch of games to defend the opposition’s bigs.
    Jannelle Moore, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Not only did San Diego State graduate its three regular bigs – Kim Villalobos, Adryana Quezada and Cali Clark – from the Mountain West Tournament champions, point guard and leading scorer Veronica Sheffey transferred through the portal to TCU.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In February, Mayor Harrell, at the behest of local heavies such as Amazon and Microsoft, led the opposition to a referendum on another tax on those companies which would help pay for public, mixed-income housing in a city that desperately needs it.
    Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Big-timers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big-timers. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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