as in major league
the highest level of a field of endeavor
a candidate who is running for president is playing in the bigs and cannot afford to make major mistakes
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Recent Examples of bigs
For a team that has always played with four smalls, going to a lineup with two real bigs feels like a sea change.
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John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Waiving Bradley without seeing how healthy those two bigs are would be irresponsible.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The Sky are coming off a shocking win over the New York Liberty, beating the defending champions 91-85 on Thursday night thanks to big nights from the team's bigs.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
And now, for the first time, a woman has made it to the bigs.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The only one with a hotter bat than Stowers this past weekend was Marlins’ rookie center fielder Jakob Marsee, who made his major league debut on Friday and has recorded a double in all three games since being called up to the bigs.
—Cameron Priester, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2025
But Missi, 6-11, is 0 for 1 on threes, while the 7-0 Ware is 32 for 101, displaying the type of range that makes NBA bigs more valuable in the modern era.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
Florida is probably one of the few teams with the frontcourt strength to neutralize Maryland bigs Derik Queen and Julian Reese.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Johnson is a magnetic three-level scorer, and Morrow has been humiliating opposing bigs with more than five offensive rebounds per game.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Waiving Bradley without seeing how healthy those two bigs are would be irresponsible.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The Sky are coming off a shocking win over the New York Liberty, beating the defending champions 91-85 on Thursday night thanks to big nights from the team's bigs.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
And now, for the first time, a woman has made it to the bigs.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The only one with a hotter bat than Stowers this past weekend was Marlins’ rookie center fielder Jakob Marsee, who made his major league debut on Friday and has recorded a double in all three games since being called up to the bigs.
—Cameron Priester, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2025
But Missi, 6-11, is 0 for 1 on threes, while the 7-0 Ware is 32 for 101, displaying the type of range that makes NBA bigs more valuable in the modern era.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
Florida is probably one of the few teams with the frontcourt strength to neutralize Maryland bigs Derik Queen and Julian Reese.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Johnson is a magnetic three-level scorer, and Morrow has been humiliating opposing bigs with more than five offensive rebounds per game.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigs
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In six of the past seven seasons, the number of Englishmen playing in major leagues on the continent has risen.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Sakiewicz brings three decades of leadership across major leagues and venues and will advise Vivenu on strategy, partnerships and product direction for its sports and entertainment verticals.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually, with 97% of establishments passing, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.—
Sarah Linn,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Some of the Administration’s actions, most notably the detention of the Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil, did garner a response from Democrats, but the noise came largely from the Party’s left—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley—rather than from its establishment.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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Will there be big time jump in the film?—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
18 Sep. 2025
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And hopefully, this early public investment will pay off big time as private companies find many commercial uses for low Earth orbit, such as zero-gravity hotels for space tourism or mini-factories for producing specialty materials.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Bigs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigs. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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