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Recent Examples of bigwig Join 13 others in the comments View Comments Apart from more details on the reserve, industry bigwigs (who’ve long complained that the Biden administration was strangling crypto) are looking forward to some basic regulatory guidance. Allison Morrow, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025 With that in mind, backing new filmmakers with wild projects and bucking the kind of risk aversion that seems to govern modern Hollywood comes down to intuition — and maybe pissing off a few industry bigwigs along the way. Chris Lee, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025 That project, which details the two artists’ love story, is coming on March 21 and features contributions from music industry bigwigs like Justin Tranter, Julia Michaels, and Finneas. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 In 1987, Hackman starred opposite Kevin Costner and Sean Young in Roger Donaldson's No Way Out, which finds his desperate government bigwig David Brice with blood on his hands after the accidental murder of his mistress. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bigwig
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Noun
  • Another possibility or two could develop on draft night depending on how teams value this group of young bigs.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
  • For this reason, the Bulls should spend this week scouting bigs.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Harry heads back to the yard, where a group of Kevin's Czechoslovakian hired heavies are preparing for war.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • On Twin Peaks, Strong plays Jones, the right-hand woman for one of the series’ heavies.
    Drew Mackie, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Any frustration the Greek shipping magnate felt was understandable.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 12 May 2025
  • Descendants of Mary Lily Kenan – Henry Flagler’s third wife – continue the tradition begun in 1895, when the railroad magnate built the Palm Beach Inn on the site to complement his nearby Royal Poinciana Hotel.
    Thomas Swick, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • The man who once mocked piety had become a moral touchstone; the scold of American pretensions now dined with tycoons.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Some real estate tycoons, who are actively developing, have to fret over the cost of building materials.
    Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025

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“Bigwig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigwig. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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