variants
also muck-a-mucks
or mucky-mucks
as in heavyweights
one of high position or importance within a group
the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs
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Noun
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Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar led the legal comedy alongside several TV heavyweights.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025 -
From groundbreaking advances in AI and robotics to ambitious new products from industry heavyweights like Dyson, Lenovo, and Samsung, this year’s show was packed with tech that feels both exciting and forward-looking.—
PCMag Staff,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This year’s Davos summit seated several religious figures at the same tables hosting bond-market briefings alongside the usual presidents, central-bank chiefs, and software magnates.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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Out of a desire for independence, Dwek left Newmark and secured a job working for property magnates Simon and David Reuben.—
Alison Coleman,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Transport yourself back in time to the days where kings and queens ruled, and see over 100 daily shows.—
Caroline Ritzie,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
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Sitting for a portrait was once reserved for the elite, with kings, queens, and nobility commissioning grand works to immortalize themselves and assert their authority.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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“Muckety-mucks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muckety-mucks. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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