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Recent Examples of bigwig Any corporate bigwig who doesn’t donate generously to Trump’s presidential library — or to Republican campaigns — may soon be a former corporate bigwig. Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 3 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 See All Example Sentences for bigwig
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigwig
Noun
  • Why the disparity in box office results between the social media heavyweights?
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Rountree shared his thoughts on how Pereira would perform as a heavyweight.
    Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some of those bigs will be better as middle-of-the-floor centers, while others will be able to play alongside those centers as power forwards.
    Law Murray, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • That means if Earth were the size of a nickel, Saturn would be as a big as a volleyball.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Of all the runway shows during Paris Fashion Week, no front row is as buzzy and celeb-heavy as Dior's.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 1 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Designer Joe Nahem creatively combined two units at the Continuum South Beach for the late real estate magnate and eight-time Tony-winning Broadway producer Luigi Caiola.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Known as the Uplands Mansion, the palatial home was built in 1917 for the grandson for railroad magnate Charles Crocker.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In collaboration with her longtime makeup artist Hung Vanngo and hairstylist Renato Camparo, the beauty tycoon partnered an Old Hollywood aesthetic with three unique dresses designed by Ralph Lauren on her big day.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Recent years have seen these tycoons entering into the world of politics.
    Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Bigwig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigwig. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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