as in big
one of high position or importance within a group
among food and beverage magazines, it's one of the biggies
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Recent Examples of biggie
Elsewhere, there’s Phoenix, San Diego and Jacksonville, not to mention the biggies — New York, LA, Chicago and Philly.
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Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
Hoffman is at least one, but there's no word as yet whether any other OG biggies, like Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres, or Meghan Markle are also in talks to reprise their roles.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2025
That includes your standard commercial stuff — Another Simple Favor, The Accountant 2, and A24’s Death of a Unicorn are among this year’s biggies — as well as new films from Jay Duplass, Amy Landecker, Chad Hartigan, Under the Shadow’s Babak Anvari, and The Vast of Night breakout Andrew Patterson.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Public education is another biggie.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
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Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
Hoffman is at least one, but there's no word as yet whether any other OG biggies, like Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres, or Meghan Markle are also in talks to reprise their roles.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2025
That includes your standard commercial stuff — Another Simple Favor, The Accountant 2, and A24’s Death of a Unicorn are among this year’s biggies — as well as new films from Jay Duplass, Amy Landecker, Chad Hartigan, Under the Shadow’s Babak Anvari, and The Vast of Night breakout Andrew Patterson.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Public education is another biggie.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biggie
Noun
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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
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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
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If the Rockets go big-heavy often, Reed Sheppard loses some shine.—
Stan Son,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The shift to bonds may indicate investors are rebalancing to keep their asset allocations from getting too stock-heavy, Austin said.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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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
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For now, economic heavyweights California and New York are treading water but could easily tip the scales.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Biggie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biggie. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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