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"Big Island, the":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"the island of Hawaii":[
"\u2014 an informal name used to distinguish the island of Hawaii from the state of Hawaii"
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185008",
"type":[
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]
},
"Big Knife":{
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"definitions":{
": an American colonist especially of Virginia":[
"\u2014 used originally by American Indians to distinguish established settlers from the English"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1750, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125227",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Big Sandy":{
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"definitions":{
"river 22 miles (35 kilometers) long between West Virginia and Kentucky flowing north into the Ohio River":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111907",
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]
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"big":{
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"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
],
"definitions":{
": a big player : a center or forward whose large size and strength are used to control play near the basket":[
"But, the problem is that you MUST have guards. You can't play five bigs .",
"\u2014 Martin Manley"
],
": active and enthusiastic":[
"I'm a big fan of soy foods but urge you to choose them wisely.",
"\u2014 Andrew Weil",
"My mother is a big baker, and so was my grandmother \u2026",
"\u2014 Melissa Parks",
"I'm not a big shopper, so for me to actually like a store is really saying something.",
"\u2014 Matt Cameron"
],
": capital sense 1":[],
": chief , preeminent":[
"the big issue of the campaign"
],
": expressed in an enthusiastic or unrestrained way : hearty":[
"greeted me with a big hug"
],
": filled with or characterized by enthusiasm and interest":[
"I'm a big fan of soy foods but urge you to choose them wisely.",
"\u2014 Andrew Weil",
"My mother is a big baker, and so was my grandmother \u2026",
"\u2014 Melissa Parks",
"I'm not a big shopper, so for me to actually like a store is really saying something.",
"\u2014 Matt Cameron"
],
": full and resonant":[],
": full to bursting : swelling":[
"big with rage"
],
": full-bodied and flavorful":[
"\u2014 used of wine"
],
": hard":[
"hits her forehand big"
],
": magnanimous , generous":[
"was big about it"
],
": more advanced in age : older":[
"my big brother",
"His teachers all told me he was excited about riding the bus, feeling like a big boy now.",
"\u2014 Laurie Frey"
],
": more mature":[
"my big brother",
"His teachers all told me he was excited about riding the bus, feeling like a big boy now.",
"\u2014 Laurie Frey"
],
": of great force":[
"a big storm"
],
": of great importance or significance":[
"the big moment"
],
": of great strength":[
"Sir Launcelot was big and strong again.",
"\u2014 Thomas Malory"
],
": on a large scale":[
"think big"
],
": operating on a large scale":[
"big government"
],
": outstandingly worthy or able":[
"a truly big man"
],
": popular":[
"soft drinks are very big in Mexico",
"\u2014 Russ Leadabrand"
],
": to a large amount or extent":[
"won big"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a big glass of soda",
"She moved to a bigger city.",
"the biggest city in the state",
"He led a big group through the museum.",
"She works for a big company.",
"He organized a big advertising campaign.",
"We had a big fund-raiser for the school.",
"Adverb",
"He talks big about his plans, but he hasn't done much yet.",
"Noun",
"with that new promotion he's now one of the bigs in the company",
"when a candidate is running for president, he's playing in the bigs and cannot afford to make major mistakes",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Miami Valley Conference\u2019s Scarlet division ran through CHCA over the past three seasons (2019, 2021, 2022), with Payne being a big reason why. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"This three-mile stretch is protected by a barrier reef that lies offshore, which is visible at extreme low tide, and provides a buffer from the big waves of the Atlantic. \u2014 Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"With the exceptions of Miles Davis and Charles Mingus, no other jazz giant of the 20th century continues to have as big an impact in and beyond jazz as Monk. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"And that really was a big turning point for her because she was absolutely devastated. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"But this close to the final, DQing yourself is a big mistake that might cost her everything. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 23 June 2022",
"The Travelers Championship crowds have returned in big numbers for 2022 after fans weren\u2019t allowed in 2020 and capacity was restricted to just 10,000 in 2021. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
"Tyrone Taylor provided the big blast, a go-ahead three-run homer in the fourth, and Willy Adames added a critical insurance run in the fifth with his 15th homer of the season and fourth in his last seven games. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"During the big courtroom scene, someone turned a switch a half a mile away, and all the lights on the stage went out. \u2014 Marshall Heyman, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Meanwhile, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, continues to score big at the box office, even in the fifth week of its release. \u2014 Sweta Kaushal, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Less than nine months after going big on the metaverse, the company now known as Meta Platforms is reportedly shelving plans to release commercial AR glasses. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"Representatives from smaller outlets, who sit in the rows behind the networks and wire services, complained in early March that the big -footing ways of the networks left little time for them. \u2014 Erik Wemple, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"It\u2019s not uncommon for families to travel for large quantities of takeout \u2014 from as far away as Kissimmee \u2014 to bring back to their Airbnbs. Pork belly and pork chops score big , says Wang. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"Last fall, Ted Lasso scored big at the Emmys with a record-setting 20 nominations. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 7 May 2022",
"Like many losses during the season, UConn found itself down big and nearly made a comeback only to lose in the closing moments. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, courant.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Over the following months, the two developed a tabloid-friendly relationship, de Armas broke big with a starring role in Knives Out, and the future looked bright. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The tune hit No. 1 on the Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Contemporary charts, and hit big around the world. \u2014 Jay Croft, CNN , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The defense is bad, the shooting needs work, but another big who can involve teammates would be stellar. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"Bobby Portis probably isn\u2019t cut out to switch at a high level, which leaves an opening for another big who can step in and fill this role. \u2014 Brian Sampson, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"The Suns backup big recently visited St. Peter\u2019s Basilica at the Vatican City and had a discussion with Pope Francis about the humanitarian efforts of the Bismack Biyombo Foundation, according to a news release. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"But the movie is most enduring for its great big , beating heart. \u2014 Glenn Frankel, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Finding a dependable big may not be click bait, but probably makes the top-ten to do list. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"Jalen Duren, a freshman big who played at Memphis, and Griffin, a forward, could also be in the mix at No. 5. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 24 May 2022",
"Not every customer who has a taste for crawfish might want to order that big of a number. \u2014 Adrianne Reece, Chron , 31 May 2022",
"But after the cocaine and orgies allegation, the race started to shift, in large part because Republicans called in the code red: attacking\u2014and spending big \u2014to defeat him. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 20 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6b":"Adjective",
"1568, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adverb",
"1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect bugge important man":"Adjective, Adverb, and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8big"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"consequential",
"earth-shattering",
"earthshaking",
"eventful",
"historic",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"monumental",
"much",
"significant",
"substantial",
"tectonic",
"weighty"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005835",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"big boy":{
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
],
"definitions":{
": big gun":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
]
},
"examples":[
"when she became the network's White House correspondent, she knew that she was now playing with the big boys",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Move is a big boy , though, weighing in at a hefty 6.6 pounds and measuring nearly 10 inches tall. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"The Man now, the guy in big boy pants, in the captain\u2019s chair, calling the shots. \u2014 Scott Tobias, Vulture , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Better pack an extra-long extension cord for that big boy for Indianapolis, eh, Coach Ferentz",
"Faron II is a big boy \u2014 80 pounds at 18 months \u2014 his coat smooth and shiny and black, his eyes brown and soulful. \u2014 Kate Santich, orlandosentinel.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Oh, shut up and put on your big boy panties, Romaine. \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 28 Nov. 2021",
"For the first time since the City Section had a single division in 1974, Lincoln (9-0, 4-0) is on the verge of making the big boy playoffs following a 52-34 victory over Franklin on Friday night. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Beat the winless Eagles on the road \u2014 the 0-9 Eagles \u2014 and 5-6 New Mexico State the following week and South finishes 6-6, bowl eligible and with its best season in D1 since its big boy transition in 2013-14. \u2014 Charles Hollis, al , 13 Oct. 2021",
"This was big boy football at its very best, and the player left standing tallest was sophomore quarterback Elijah Brown of Mater Dei. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 1 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"big",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000707",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big buck(s)":{
"antonyms":[
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"song"
],
"definitions":{
": a large sum of money":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural signed a contract for big bucks"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The big buck then stood directly beneath Kevin, looked up, and licked a tree peg. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Steelhead trout especially feisty this time of year: Elizabeth Durkalec has caught a number of steelhead trout from the Rocky River, but this week\u2019s big buck tried to dazzle her and get away. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Sep. 2021",
"While quietly walking in on the snow, Rude spotted a big buck about 175 yards away, and feeding in the beanfield on adjoining property. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 5 Jan. 2021",
"The old deer-hunting mantra about not being able to kill a big buck where big bucks don\u2019t exist applies to fishing as well. \u2014 Tony Hansen, Outdoor Life , 1 Sep. 2020",
"Over five years, one big buck was spotted only four times. \u2014 Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life , 14 Dec. 2020",
"Schmit hit the horns again and the big buck came trotting in to 25 yards, where the hunter stopped him and made a good shot. \u2014 Scott Bestul, Field & Stream , 1 Jan. 2021",
"Schmit hit the horns again and the big buck came trotting in to 25 yards, where the hunter stopped him and made a good shot. \u2014 Scott Bestul, Field & Stream , 1 Jan. 2021",
"Schmit hit the horns again and the big buck came trotting in to 25 yards, where the hunter stopped him and made a good shot. \u2014 Scott Bestul, Field & Stream , 1 Jan. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"wad"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191145",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big cheese":{
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
],
"definitions":{
": boss , big gun":[]
},
"examples":[
"thinks he's a big cheese just because he's got a business card",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Una Pizza Napoletana is truly the big cheese : Anthony Mangieri\u2019s Lower East Side pizza joint was just named the best pizzeria in the United States by the 50 Top Pizza organization. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 16 June 2022",
"Lin-Manuel Miranda is the big cheese of the pandemic movie musical. \u2014 Michael Phillips, Star Tribune , 10 June 2021",
"Something that requires light planning, like a pizza night or a big cheese plate for lunch, or elaborate toast. \u2014 Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 May 2021",
"The latest batch of earnings calls in October suggest the corporate big cheese are still in good cheer (or at least pretending to be when analysts and shareholders are on the line). \u2014 John Detrixhe, Quartz , 23 Oct. 2020",
"What wrought the change was her relationship with the Joker, a big cheese in the stink of Gotham City. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2020",
"During a preview that touts the under-construction ride called Remy\u2019s Ratatouille Adventure, the lighting makes little Spaceship Earth look like big cheese . \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 2 Oct. 2019",
"That is hurting farmers that supply big cheese makers, too. \u2014 Heather Haddon, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2018",
"New Year's Eve begins with music, s'mores, pudgie pies and cheese around a bonfire at 8:30 p.m., then a big cheese drop at 10 p.m. and a champagne toast at midnight at the Plymouth Arts Center. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Dec. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1912, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"big boy",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011458",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big fat":{
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"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124520",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"big gun":{
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
],
"definitions":{
": one having preeminent status or power in a field":[]
},
"examples":[
"for a high-profile case like this, the law firm uses only its big guns",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The case, District of Columbia v. Heller, has been cited as one of the reasons why big gun reform may not be possible. \u2014 Haley Yamada, ABC News , 2 June 2022",
"The Pirates are led by senior guards Hacking and Elle Infalvi, while Poland\u2019s big gun is Jackie Grisdale. \u2014 Joe Magill, cleveland , 2 Mar. 2021",
"Miller noted that the last big gun case the Supreme Court handled was the landmark Heller decision. \u2014 Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner , 25 Mar. 2021",
"The 3\u00bd-inch 12-gauge load made the 10-gauge shotgun obsolete, but the big gun made a comeback in the 1990s when steel shot was required to hunt waterfowl. \u2014 Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life , 18 Mar. 2021",
"The result was a big gun weighing nine pounds with 32-inch barrels. \u2014 Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream , 2 Dec. 2020",
"Three members of the court dissented, however, expressing concern that lower federal courts are not properly applying the court\u2019s two big gun rights decisions from 2008 and 2010. \u2014 Jessica Gresko, chicagotribune.com , 27 Sep. 2020",
"Three members of the court dissented, however, expressing concern that lower federal courts are not properly applying the court's two big gun rights decisions from 2008 and 2010. \u2014 Jessica Gresko, Star Tribune , 27 Sep. 2020",
"Waterfowl require a big gun like a 3- or 3\u00bd-inch 12-gauge with a 28- or 30-inch barrel. \u2014 Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream , 6 July 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"big cheese",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
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"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
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"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
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"nawab",
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"pooh-bah",
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"wheel"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052143",
"type":[
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]
},
"big hair":{
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"definitions":{
": hair that is styled and teased to occupy an unusually large amount of space above and around the head":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There's the neon fashions, big hair , big shoulders and day-glo everything \u2014 and that's just the clothes. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 11 May 2022",
"Long gloves, voluminous skirts, big hair and perhaps a few top hats",
"The hairstylist behind this look, Mia Jackson, better known as Tokyo Stylez, shared a four-part photo collage of the singer's big hair bow via Instagram on February 22. \u2014 Sara Miranda, Allure , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The products\u2019 packaging \u2014 done up in shades of pink, featuring a glamorous cartoon image of Dolly herself, all big hair and eyelashes \u2014 looked irritatingly cutesy. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2021",
"The groovy music, the big hair , and the dance moves have all the characteristics of a fad: extremely popular in their 1970s heyday, then lost to history as culture moved on. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Above the neck, Adele complemented her ensemble with vintage-minded beauty codes originally popularized by the likes of French stars Catherine Deneuve and Brigitte Bardot with their penchant for big hair and dramatic cut-crease eye looks. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The icon posed with big hair and her cherubic 9-month-old on the cover of the March issue of British Vogue. \u2014 Essence , 14 Feb. 2022",
"She\u2019s wearing a halter and hot pants and sitting between two hirsute guys with big hair and beards. \u2014 Zadie Smith, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113125",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big hitter":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a notably powerful, prominent, or important person or organization":[
"James Carville was seen dining at The Palm with 20 or so other big hitters who were avoiding the balls, which had underwhelmed them the last time.",
"\u2014 Eric Konigsberg , Vogue , March 1997",
"I hired another senior account supervisor who was a really big hitter .",
"\u2014 Charles Tentrick , Lessons From the Edge , 2003",
"Madoff was a big hitter so you'd expect him to be using a big hitter's accounting firm to conduct audits and verify his accounts.",
"\u2014 Jeffrey Robinson , Revelation of Audacious Frauds, Scams, and Cons , 2010"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1974, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192409",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big hole":{
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"definitions":{
": emergency application of brakes":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105108",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big house":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": penitentiary":[]
},
"examples":[
"told harrowing stories of his years spent in the big house",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fillmore too small, Spanish pop icons playing Miami\u2019s big house . \u2014 Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
"But myths take hold in a powerful and permanent way, and the big house on 22nd Street is the one readers want to see. \u2014 Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"The center was really a big house , with a pool and its own cook. \u2014 Adriana Gomez Licon, Sun Sentinel , 9 May 2022",
"The center was really a big house , with a pool and its own cook. \u2014 Adriana Gomez Licon, Orlando Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
"It repertory programming was scheduled both in the big house and at its sister location, the TCL Chinese 6. \u2014 Todd Gilchrist, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"One of the characters in it had this big house out in East Greenwich. \u2014 Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
"With a trial scheduled for next May, Peterson \u2014 who faces life in prison and is out on $850,000 bond \u2014 is living back in the big house that Kathleen Peterson had once made such a hub of activity. \u2014 Patrick Rogers, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"That October, Hunter and a dozen other college students rented a big house outside Zion National Park in Utah. \u2014 Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone , 1 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1913, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"bastille",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042806",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big idea":{
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"This season, Owen spent spring training with the Pirates, but didn't make the team out of camp and was sent back to Indianapolis \u2014 until the call for that big league game came May 5. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2021",
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"Carpenter played flawlessly at third base with two assists in his first big league game in the field this year. \u2014 Ronald Blum, Hartford Courant , 12 June 2022",
"Brewers broadcaster Josh Maurer called his first big league game on the radio Saturday after spending nearly two decades in independent and minor league ball. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Apr. 2022",
"On March 10, 2020, less than a full year after he was drafted, Lodolo pitched in his first career big league spring training game. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Yet even the addition of one of the top sluggers in the big leagues through the first three months of the season represented an appetizer to Saturday\u2019s main course: Chris Sale\u2019s first big league game in two years and a day. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
"This season, Owen spent spring training with the Pirates, but didn't make the team out of camp and was sent back to Indianapolis \u2014 until the call for that big league game came May 5. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2021",
"Friday\u2019s 5-4 Orioles loss to the New York Yankees at Camden Yards was first baseman Trey Mancini\u2019s 500th career big league game, and considering what the last year-plus of his life has looked like, that\u2019s no small milestone. \u2014 Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com , 15 May 2021"
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"The reality is that big science requires big models. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 13 Apr. 2020",
"But Greene\u2019s own passion was math and science and then big science \u2013the kind that seduces you with questions that both demand and defy answers, that can cross the line from science to something else entirely. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 20 Feb. 2020",
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"After seven weekends on the big screen , the Marvel comic book sequel has amassed an impressive $405.1 million in North America. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 19 June 2022",
"The intimate moment is between Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry) \u2014 the Marvel Cinematic Universe\u2019s first openly gay superhero on the big screen \u2014 and husband Ben (Haaz Sleiman). \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Fans of the show have felt similarly about seeing a hero that looks like them on the big screen . \u2014 Saba Hamedy, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"Fans would probably be excited enough just to see that on the big screen , but Swift herself arrived in style to offer a talk back following the projection. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 13 June 2022"
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"Radio and recordings had begun to spread the word (and sound) big time . \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Guard Victor Oladipo also stepped up big time , taking Butler\u2019s place in the lineup after not playing a second in the first half. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
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"Phoenix firefighters used the department's Firebird helicopter and a big wheel basket to rescue five of the hikers, while the remaining three were able to walk back down the trail with some assistance, spokesperson Capt. \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"When other options included joining a tech giant as a small cog in a big wheel , or starting from scratch within an unproven startup, the middle ground was attractive. \u2014 Jodie Cook, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Adult downhill big wheel racing checked all the boxes. \u2014 Sarah Michels, The Enquirer , 29 July 2021",
"Park purists were against it but the extension won approval after a campaign highlighting the big wheel as economic recovery engine that could draw tourists and help Richmond District merchants survive the pandemic\u2019s financial hit. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 May 2021",
"Most pies are $15.99 for the 14\u2033 version, $19.99 for the 18\u2033 and $45.99 for the 28\u2033 big wheel . \u2014 al , 11 May 2021",
"Now the big wheel is seen as everything from a morale booster to a city draw. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Mar. 2021",
"The deal also obliges the operator to provide 500 free tickets a month to at-risk families, an arrangement that will continue as long as the big wheel keeps on turning. \u2014 Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Feb. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Miami Valley Conference\u2019s Scarlet division ran through CHCA over the past three seasons (2019, 2021, 2022), with Payne being a big reason why. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"This three-mile stretch is protected by a barrier reef that lies offshore, which is visible at extreme low tide, and provides a buffer from the big waves of the Atlantic. \u2014 Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"With the exceptions of Miles Davis and Charles Mingus, no other jazz giant of the 20th century continues to have as big an impact in and beyond jazz as Monk. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"And that really was a big turning point for her because she was absolutely devastated. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"But this close to the final, DQing yourself is a big mistake that might cost her everything. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 23 June 2022",
"The Travelers Championship crowds have returned in big numbers for 2022 after fans weren\u2019t allowed in 2020 and capacity was restricted to just 10,000 in 2021. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
"Tyrone Taylor provided the big blast, a go-ahead three-run homer in the fourth, and Willy Adames added a critical insurance run in the fifth with his 15th homer of the season and fourth in his last seven games. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"During the big courtroom scene, someone turned a switch a half a mile away, and all the lights on the stage went out. \u2014 Marshall Heyman, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
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"Meanwhile, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, continues to score big at the box office, even in the fifth week of its release. \u2014 Sweta Kaushal, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Less than nine months after going big on the metaverse, the company now known as Meta Platforms is reportedly shelving plans to release commercial AR glasses. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"Representatives from smaller outlets, who sit in the rows behind the networks and wire services, complained in early March that the big -footing ways of the networks left little time for them. \u2014 Erik Wemple, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"It\u2019s not uncommon for families to travel for large quantities of takeout \u2014 from as far away as Kissimmee \u2014 to bring back to their Airbnbs. Pork belly and pork chops score big , says Wang. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"Last fall, Ted Lasso scored big at the Emmys with a record-setting 20 nominations. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 7 May 2022",
"Like many losses during the season, UConn found itself down big and nearly made a comeback only to lose in the closing moments. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, courant.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Over the following months, the two developed a tabloid-friendly relationship, de Armas broke big with a starring role in Knives Out, and the future looked bright. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The tune hit No. 1 on the Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Contemporary charts, and hit big around the world. \u2014 Jay Croft, CNN , 12 Feb. 2022",
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"Bobby Portis probably isn\u2019t cut out to switch at a high level, which leaves an opening for another big who can step in and fill this role. \u2014 Brian Sampson, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"The Suns backup big recently visited St. Peter\u2019s Basilica at the Vatican City and had a discussion with Pope Francis about the humanitarian efforts of the Bismack Biyombo Foundation, according to a news release. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"But the movie is most enduring for its great big , beating heart. \u2014 Glenn Frankel, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Finding a dependable big may not be click bait, but probably makes the top-ten to do list. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"Jalen Duren, a freshman big who played at Memphis, and Griffin, a forward, could also be in the mix at No. 5. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 24 May 2022",
"Not every customer who has a taste for crawfish might want to order that big of a number. \u2014 Adrianne Reece, Chron , 31 May 2022",
"But after the cocaine and orgies allegation, the race started to shift, in large part because Republicans called in the code red: attacking\u2014and spending big \u2014to defeat him. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 20 May 2022"
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"But now, the mall is realizing its future lies not just in getting the right big name , national tenants, but also in opening its doors to the right local business owners. \u2014 Joan Verdon, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"The manager of the fund, which oversaw billions of dollars but wasn\u2019t a big name on Wall Street, provided a detailed accounting of his involvement on the condition that neither he nor his firm be named. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"He was actually charged with trying to kill Anatoly Chubais, a big name in the Russian reformist government back in the nineteen-nineties. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 24 May 2022",
"Thomas has had a storied career \u2014 one PGA Tour win and five Top-10 finishes \u2014 on his way to being a big name in the golf world. \u2014 Mallory Merda, The Courier-Journal , 22 May 2022",
"The Proven Winners brand has long been a big name in growing flowers. \u2014 Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 May 2022",
"Lanhee Chen, an academic and GOP policy expert who is a big name in national political and donor circles, but is little known among the state\u2019s voters. \u2014 Seema Mehtastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Max King was already a big name in trail running with nearly a dozen first-place finishes at world and national events. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 6 Nov. 2014",
"The index whose components consist of the formerly hot big name , big tech stocks is slip sliding away. \u2014 John Navin, Forbes , 7 May 2022"
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"Wakanda Forever due out on the big screen later this year. \u2014 Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"That the international stars Pen\u00e9lope Cruz and Antonio Banderas had never spent more than two minutes together on the big screen is a surprising truth. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"With a prolific career that has spanned four decades and garnered two Academy Awards, Emma Thompson is no stranger to delivering awe-inspiring, critically acclaimed performances on the big screen . \u2014 Max Gao, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 June 2022",
"And on the big screen , gay characters continue to be largely relegated to the sidelines \u2014 and edited out of movies altogether when they are deemed too high a financial risk. \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 20 June 2022",
"After seven weekends on the big screen , the Marvel comic book sequel has amassed an impressive $405.1 million in North America. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 19 June 2022",
"The intimate moment is between Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry) \u2014 the Marvel Cinematic Universe\u2019s first openly gay superhero on the big screen \u2014 and husband Ben (Haaz Sleiman). \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Fans of the show have felt similarly about seeing a hero that looks like them on the big screen . \u2014 Saba Hamedy, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"Fans would probably be excited enough just to see that on the big screen , but Swift herself arrived in style to offer a talk back following the projection. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 13 June 2022"
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"In addition, both local hookups among airlines and alignment with worldwide alliance groups have clearly put Latin aviation into the big time . \u2014 Ben Baldanza, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Mental health, entrepreneurship, body positivity, sustainability and diversity are all trending big time right now. \u2014 Sophie Bowman, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Rate hikes will cool down borrowing By boosting interest rates, the Fed is blocking many consumers from borrowing big time . \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
"That\u2019s when the team\u2019s defense turned it up big time \u2014 en route to posting a 26-5 record in its final 31 regular-season games. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Take this as an opportunity to really tap into your mind-muscle connection big time . \u2014 Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Radio and recordings had begun to spread the word (and sound) big time . \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Guard Victor Oladipo also stepped up big time , taking Butler\u2019s place in the lineup after not playing a second in the first half. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
"For its 10th year anniversary, the Channel 10 dating franchise is mixing things up \u2014 big time . \u2014 Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com , 18 May 2022"
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"a bigfoot in the field of genetics",
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"New York Times bigfoot William Safire, who thought Bush missed the revolutionary moment. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Like bigfoot , unicorns, and green herons, rare warblers probably don\u2019t exist. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2021",
"For much of his inaugural professional campaign, however, Walker was like bigfoot to those in the AT&T Center \u2014 except with a higher vertical leap and cooler hair. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, ExpressNews.com , 7 Oct. 2019",
"The legendary bigfoot is at the heart of Devolution, Brooks' first full-length adult novel following the 2006 release of World War Z, which served as the basis for the Brad Pitt-starring thriller of the same name. \u2014 Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Aug. 2019",
"Until Rahm Emanuel\u2019s departure in May, Johnson had worked in the shadow of a bigfoot mayor who sought to control every aspect of city government. \u2014 Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com , 10 July 2019",
"Rachel, whose father (Robert, played by Wendell Pierce) is a bigfoot lawyer who drives a menacing Range Rover, bears the stigma of failing to get admitted to Harvard Law School, a source of much Sturm und Drang and testy overcompensation. \u2014 James Wolcott, HWD , 27 Apr. 2018",
"James' fellow bigfoot in the movie, Migo, is voiced by Channing Tatum. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland.com , 23 Mar. 2018",
"Firms run by women have generally been shut out of the juggernaut projects \u2014 the super-tall office towers, megaprojects, and airports that involve billions of dollars, bigfoot developers and powerful politicians. \u2014 Justin Davidson, The Cut , 20 Mar. 2018"
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"Noun",
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"The Miami Valley Conference\u2019s Scarlet division ran through CHCA over the past three seasons (2019, 2021, 2022), with Payne being a big reason why. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"This three-mile stretch is protected by a barrier reef that lies offshore, which is visible at extreme low tide, and provides a buffer from the big waves of the Atlantic. \u2014 Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"With the exceptions of Miles Davis and Charles Mingus, no other jazz giant of the 20th century continues to have as big an impact in and beyond jazz as Monk. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"And that really was a big turning point for her because she was absolutely devastated. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"But this close to the final, DQing yourself is a big mistake that might cost her everything. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 23 June 2022",
"The Travelers Championship crowds have returned in big numbers for 2022 after fans weren\u2019t allowed in 2020 and capacity was restricted to just 10,000 in 2021. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
"Tyrone Taylor provided the big blast, a go-ahead three-run homer in the fourth, and Willy Adames added a critical insurance run in the fifth with his 15th homer of the season and fourth in his last seven games. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"During the big courtroom scene, someone turned a switch a half a mile away, and all the lights on the stage went out. \u2014 Marshall Heyman, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
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"Meanwhile, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, continues to score big at the box office, even in the fifth week of its release. \u2014 Sweta Kaushal, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Less than nine months after going big on the metaverse, the company now known as Meta Platforms is reportedly shelving plans to release commercial AR glasses. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"Representatives from smaller outlets, who sit in the rows behind the networks and wire services, complained in early March that the big -footing ways of the networks left little time for them. \u2014 Erik Wemple, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"It\u2019s not uncommon for families to travel for large quantities of takeout \u2014 from as far away as Kissimmee \u2014 to bring back to their Airbnbs. Pork belly and pork chops score big , says Wang. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"Last fall, Ted Lasso scored big at the Emmys with a record-setting 20 nominations. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 7 May 2022",
"Like many losses during the season, UConn found itself down big and nearly made a comeback only to lose in the closing moments. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, courant.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Over the following months, the two developed a tabloid-friendly relationship, de Armas broke big with a starring role in Knives Out, and the future looked bright. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The tune hit No. 1 on the Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Contemporary charts, and hit big around the world. \u2014 Jay Croft, CNN , 12 Feb. 2022",
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"The defense is bad, the shooting needs work, but another big who can involve teammates would be stellar. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"Bobby Portis probably isn\u2019t cut out to switch at a high level, which leaves an opening for another big who can step in and fill this role. \u2014 Brian Sampson, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"The Suns backup big recently visited St. Peter\u2019s Basilica at the Vatican City and had a discussion with Pope Francis about the humanitarian efforts of the Bismack Biyombo Foundation, according to a news release. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"But the movie is most enduring for its great big , beating heart. \u2014 Glenn Frankel, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Finding a dependable big may not be click bait, but probably makes the top-ten to do list. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"Jalen Duren, a freshman big who played at Memphis, and Griffin, a forward, could also be in the mix at No. 5. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 24 May 2022",
"Not every customer who has a taste for crawfish might want to order that big of a number. \u2014 Adrianne Reece, Chron , 31 May 2022",
"But after the cocaine and orgies allegation, the race started to shift, in large part because Republicans called in the code red: attacking\u2014and spending big \u2014to defeat him. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 20 May 2022"
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"He met with some television biggies .",
"They've had problems before, but this one's a real biggie .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is not a biggie for most people, but does make the Forerunner 255 more appealing to the hardcore crowd. \u2014 Andrew Williams, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Top Gun: Maverick, which has $116.5 million worldwide thus far, is playing like a mid-1990s Cruise biggie on steroids. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"First off, the biggie : Will both (or either) Mitchell and Rudy Gobert be back",
"Other than that biggie , which required a new $2500 rear-motor assembly that was replaced under warranty, our car had no major mechanical issues. \u2014 Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Researchers also know that certain events can trigger an M.S. hug: Hyperventilation is a biggie . \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 19 Apr. 2022",
"By default, their remaining biggie is the meta-comic Nicolas Cage romp which opens April 22. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Double bag it by pairing a mini with a biggie , and maximalists can get in on the trend too. \u2014 Irene Kim, Vogue , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Maybe now is a good time to recall just how dismissive many on the left \u2014 from the Biden White House to Congress to think tanks \u2014 have been, arguing that higher inflation was no biggie . \u2014 James Pethokoukis, The Week , 12 Jan. 2022"
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"a rather biggish table for a dining room of modest dimensions",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Today\u2019s biggish buildings are mountainous; even run-of-the-mill towers compete with the hoodoos at Bryce Canyon. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 24 Nov. 2021",
"James Harden and the Houston Rockets, who will test their insanely small lineup and 2-0 bubble record against the biggish Blazers. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Aug. 2020",
"Only now, though, has the Roundabout Theatre Company deigned to give Mr. Fuller\u2019s play a biggish -budget Broadway production starring David Alan Grier and Blair Underwood and staged by Kenny Leon, Broadway\u2019s top black director. \u2014 Terry Teachout, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2020",
"Dr Ding reckons that recycling waste heat in this way will increase the efficiency of biggish cryogenic-energy-storage plants to at least 69%. \u2014 The Economist , 28 Nov. 2019",
"The raciest bets that foreigners have made are on the bonds of policy banks, such as the China Development Bank, and on short-term paper issued by biggish provincial banks. \u2014 The Economist , 28 June 2018",
"Midsized and biggish bio-pharma firms, for instance, have done far better than the very largest ones. \u2014 The Economist , 22 Mar. 2018",
"That is about as much as two biggish nuclear power stations would manage. \u2014 The Economist , 3 Feb. 2018",
"Yet in most biggish economies, underlying inflation is below target (see chart) and monetary policy is being relaxed. \u2014 The Economist , 4 Nov. 2017"
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]
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"he's gotten biggety since he got promoted to director of sales"
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"1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"the kind of early success that can give a young performer a bighead",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Introduced from Asia in the 1960s to control weeds and algae, four voracious species \u2014 silver, bighead , grass and black carp \u2014 escaped from ponds in the South and have exploded in numbers along the Mississippi River and its far-reaching tributaries. \u2014 Peter Kendall, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"While they are all considered invasive, bighead and silver carp, especially, have spread through the U.S. over the last several decades and resulted in significant damage to native ecosystems and fisheries. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The bighead , grass and silver carp in this case are different from the carp known as German carp or common carp which have lived in Wisconsin since the mid-1800s. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The silver and bighead carp would be the two most destructive to Lake Erie, said Tory Gabriel, extension program leader and fisheries educator for the Ohio Sea Grant program at Ohio State University. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Three bighead carp were found in Lake Erie, one in 1995 and two in 2000, while the silver carp has never been seen in the lake, Gabriel said. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The fish \u2014 including bighead and silver carp \u2014 have made their way toward Chicago and, capable of reproducing at a rapid pace and gobbling up a lot of plankton, threaten to cause serious problems for other aquatic organisms. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 14 Dec. 2021",
"For the first time, bighead carp DNA has been found in the Milwaukee River, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Sep. 2021",
"Grass carp devour stringy vegetation; black carp gobble mollusks; bighead and silver vacuum up free-floating plankton. \u2014 jsonline.com , 30 Aug. 2021"
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"The bighead carp , which can grow to 100 pounds, have caused environmental havoc in rivers and lakes in the South and Midwest because they devour huge volumes of food.",
"\u2014 Gene Schabath , Detroit News , 22 Dec. 2003",
"Silver and bighead carp are filter feeders that compete for diminishing plankton stocks with native fishes and mollusks.",
"\u2014 Kathy Etling , St. Louis Post-Dispatch , 10 May 2008"
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"the kind of early success that can give a young performer a bighead",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Introduced from Asia in the 1960s to control weeds and algae, four voracious species \u2014 silver, bighead , grass and black carp \u2014 escaped from ponds in the South and have exploded in numbers along the Mississippi River and its far-reaching tributaries. \u2014 Peter Kendall, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"While they are all considered invasive, bighead and silver carp, especially, have spread through the U.S. over the last several decades and resulted in significant damage to native ecosystems and fisheries. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The bighead , grass and silver carp in this case are different from the carp known as German carp or common carp which have lived in Wisconsin since the mid-1800s. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The silver and bighead carp would be the two most destructive to Lake Erie, said Tory Gabriel, extension program leader and fisheries educator for the Ohio Sea Grant program at Ohio State University. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Three bighead carp were found in Lake Erie, one in 1995 and two in 2000, while the silver carp has never been seen in the lake, Gabriel said. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The fish \u2014 including bighead and silver carp \u2014 have made their way toward Chicago and, capable of reproducing at a rapid pace and gobbling up a lot of plankton, threaten to cause serious problems for other aquatic organisms. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 14 Dec. 2021",
"For the first time, bighead carp DNA has been found in the Milwaukee River, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Sep. 2021",
"Grass carp devour stringy vegetation; black carp gobble mollusks; bighead and silver vacuum up free-floating plankton. \u2014 jsonline.com , 30 Aug. 2021"
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"a bighearted guy who can't seem to ever say \u201cno\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That spirit shines through a flawed but bighearted adaptation. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Adams\u2019 book shines with a bighearted cast finding rejuvenation in books and the community. \u2014 Stefanie Milligan, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Both are messy, bighearted books that prioritize emotional searching. \u2014 Lily Meyer, The Atlantic , 19 Oct. 2021",
"The bighearted leader volunteered as a Sunday school teacher at the state prison. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2021",
"Swift \u2014 or at least the version of Swift on her albums \u2014 has remained largely the same person since her debut: a thin-skinned, bighearted obsessive, with a penchant for huge romantic moments. \u2014 Nate Jones, Vulture , 11 Jan. 2021",
"In Omar\u2019s version, America wasn\u2019t the bighearted country that saved her from a brutal war and a bleak refugee camp. \u2014 Alex Horton, Washington Post , 10 July 2019",
"Sometimes the beautiful, bighearted sides of humanity need a gentle nudge from the ugly, small-minded sides. \u2014 Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com , 6 June 2017"
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"a bighearted guy who can't seem to ever say \u201cno\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That spirit shines through a flawed but bighearted adaptation. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Adams\u2019 book shines with a bighearted cast finding rejuvenation in books and the community. \u2014 Stefanie Milligan, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Both are messy, bighearted books that prioritize emotional searching. \u2014 Lily Meyer, The Atlantic , 19 Oct. 2021",
"The bighearted leader volunteered as a Sunday school teacher at the state prison. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2021",
"Swift \u2014 or at least the version of Swift on her albums \u2014 has remained largely the same person since her debut: a thin-skinned, bighearted obsessive, with a penchant for huge romantic moments. \u2014 Nate Jones, Vulture , 11 Jan. 2021",
"In Omar\u2019s version, America wasn\u2019t the bighearted country that saved her from a brutal war and a bleak refugee camp. \u2014 Alex Horton, Washington Post , 10 July 2019",
"Sometimes the beautiful, bighearted sides of humanity need a gentle nudge from the ugly, small-minded sides. \u2014 Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com , 6 June 2017"
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": a slack part or loop in a rope":[]
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"the bight known as the Bay of Fundy is known for its fast-running tides",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cow Bay is one of those bights , right where the suburbs of Dartmouth and Cole Harbour begin to fade into something more rural. \u2014 Melissa Buote, Bon App\u00e9tit , 7 Nov. 2019",
"Following the path of the moon and sun along the Zodiac will be Gemini and Cancer as the bight winter season constellations of Orion and Taurus move farther west in the prime viewing hours of the evening sky. \u2014 Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com , 26 Feb. 2018",
"Going at a speed of forty miles an hour, the hydroplane was heading up the bight in the direction of the sand-pit which connects North Island with Coronado. \u2014 sandiegouniontribune.com , 27 Jan. 2018",
"Following the path of the moon and sun along the Zodiac will be Gemini and Cancer as the bight winter season constellations of Orion and Taurus move farther west in the prime viewing hours of the evening sky. \u2014 Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com , 26 Feb. 2018",
"Going at a speed of forty miles an hour, the hydroplane was heading up the bight in the direction of the sand-pit which connects North Island with Coronado. \u2014 sandiegouniontribune.com , 27 Jan. 2018",
"The map was full of promises of the undiscovered, coves and lookout points, brooks and bights each harboring a secret second chance. \u2014 Sara Novic, New York Times , 11 Aug. 2016"
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"\u2014 Martin Manley"
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"\u2014 Andrew Weil",
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"\u2014 Melissa Parks",
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"\u2014 Matt Cameron"
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"\u2014 Andrew Weil",
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"\u2014 Melissa Parks",
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"\u2014 Matt Cameron"
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"\u2014 Laurie Frey"
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"\u2014 Laurie Frey"
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"\u2014 Thomas Malory"
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"soft drinks are very big in Mexico",
"\u2014 Russ Leadabrand"
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"the biggest city in the state",
"He led a big group through the museum.",
"She works for a big company.",
"He organized a big advertising campaign.",
"We had a big fund-raiser for the school.",
"Adverb",
"He talks big about his plans, but he hasn't done much yet.",
"Noun",
"with that new promotion he's now one of the bigs in the company",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Miami Valley Conference\u2019s Scarlet division ran through CHCA over the past three seasons (2019, 2021, 2022), with Payne being a big reason why. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"This three-mile stretch is protected by a barrier reef that lies offshore, which is visible at extreme low tide, and provides a buffer from the big waves of the Atlantic. \u2014 Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"With the exceptions of Miles Davis and Charles Mingus, no other jazz giant of the 20th century continues to have as big an impact in and beyond jazz as Monk. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"And that really was a big turning point for her because she was absolutely devastated. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"But this close to the final, DQing yourself is a big mistake that might cost her everything. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 23 June 2022",
"The Travelers Championship crowds have returned in big numbers for 2022 after fans weren\u2019t allowed in 2020 and capacity was restricted to just 10,000 in 2021. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
"Tyrone Taylor provided the big blast, a go-ahead three-run homer in the fourth, and Willy Adames added a critical insurance run in the fifth with his 15th homer of the season and fourth in his last seven games. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"During the big courtroom scene, someone turned a switch a half a mile away, and all the lights on the stage went out. \u2014 Marshall Heyman, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Meanwhile, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, continues to score big at the box office, even in the fifth week of its release. \u2014 Sweta Kaushal, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Less than nine months after going big on the metaverse, the company now known as Meta Platforms is reportedly shelving plans to release commercial AR glasses. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"Representatives from smaller outlets, who sit in the rows behind the networks and wire services, complained in early March that the big -footing ways of the networks left little time for them. \u2014 Erik Wemple, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"It\u2019s not uncommon for families to travel for large quantities of takeout \u2014 from as far away as Kissimmee \u2014 to bring back to their Airbnbs. Pork belly and pork chops score big , says Wang. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"Last fall, Ted Lasso scored big at the Emmys with a record-setting 20 nominations. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 7 May 2022",
"Like many losses during the season, UConn found itself down big and nearly made a comeback only to lose in the closing moments. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, courant.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Over the following months, the two developed a tabloid-friendly relationship, de Armas broke big with a starring role in Knives Out, and the future looked bright. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The tune hit No. 1 on the Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Contemporary charts, and hit big around the world. \u2014 Jay Croft, CNN , 12 Feb. 2022",
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"The defense is bad, the shooting needs work, but another big who can involve teammates would be stellar. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"Bobby Portis probably isn\u2019t cut out to switch at a high level, which leaves an opening for another big who can step in and fill this role. \u2014 Brian Sampson, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"The Suns backup big recently visited St. Peter\u2019s Basilica at the Vatican City and had a discussion with Pope Francis about the humanitarian efforts of the Bismack Biyombo Foundation, according to a news release. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"But the movie is most enduring for its great big , beating heart. \u2014 Glenn Frankel, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Finding a dependable big may not be click bait, but probably makes the top-ten to do list. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"Jalen Duren, a freshman big who played at Memphis, and Griffin, a forward, could also be in the mix at No. 5. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 24 May 2022",
"Not every customer who has a taste for crawfish might want to order that big of a number. \u2014 Adrianne Reece, Chron , 31 May 2022",
"But after the cocaine and orgies allegation, the race started to shift, in large part because Republicans called in the code red: attacking\u2014and spending big \u2014to defeat him. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 20 May 2022"
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"\"It's scandalous,\" he said, in the tones once used by Colonel Blimp, Britain's best-loved bigot , who adorned the pages of the Evening Standard throughout the 1930s. \u2014 Nicholas Fraser , Harper's , September 1996",
"A bigot is a hater, she said. A bigot hates Catholics. A bigot hates Jews. \u2026 It's no sin to be poor, she said. It is a sin to be a bigot. Don't ever be one of them. \u2014 Pete Hamill , A Drinking Life , 1994",
"One had always to be mindful, moreover, that being a black scholar did not exempt one from the humiliations and indignities that a society with more than its share of bigots can heap upon a black person, regardless of education \u2026 \u2014 John Hope Franklin , \"John Hope Franklin: A Life of Learning,\" 1988 , in Race and History , 1989",
"He was labeled a bigot after making some offensive comments.",
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"Now she has been labeled a transphobe, a bigot and worse. \u2014 Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The condemned man shot a bigot in self-defense, but murder is murder. \u2014 Colin Marshall, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Stroman is not going to back down from a fight, especially to a bigot and racist. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2022",
"This forces the accused to undergo an investigation while being publicly tarred as a bigot . \u2014 John Hasnas, National Review , 16 Feb. 2022",
"While filming the fourth season of Community in 2012 \u2014 where the actor played a bigot named Pierce Hawthorne \u2014 the show paused production after Chase reportedly used the N-word in an argument with showrunner Dan Harmon. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The mainstream media presented Mr. Trump daily as a bigot whose policies would harm the interests of racial and ethnic minorities. \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The German priest was himself a bigot , who persecuted Jews and favored death for heretics. \u2014 Jim Beckerman, USA TODAY , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Well, what about the detail that the founder of Payne Motors is described as a bigot , a theme that echoes the real Henry Ford"
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"Would a parochial school be considered bigoted for allowing students to express themselves as cats or dogs? \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"For decades, this Southern California archetype \u2014 conspiratorial, bigoted and avaricious \u2014 helped transform the party of Lincoln into the dumpster fire of today. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Segments of the public adopted the bigoted language and ideas contained in the minority report for decades to come. \u2014 Jennifer Selin, The Conversation , 2 June 2022",
"However, Lamar arrives at a very different place than Dave Chappelle, who tried the same stunt of deploying bigoted language in his 2019 special Sticks & Stones but ultimately couldn\u2019t let go of his prejudices. \u2014 Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone , 13 May 2022",
"In pretrial court filings, prosecutors framed Hale-Cusanelli's bigoted , antisemitic views as motivating factors for his participation in the Jan. 6 riot. \u2014 CBS News , 28 May 2022",
"In a 180-page document, 18-year-old Payton Gendron, allegedly shared a litany of bigoted views and conspiracy theories. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 21 May 2022",
"Charleston church shooter reportedly went on bigoted rant Three years earlier, in 2015, Dylann Roof walked into the Mother Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and killed nine African-American parishioners attending Bible study. \u2014 Luke Barr, ABC News , 20 May 2022",
"But those content moderation efforts dramatically reduced the number of people who were confronted by the graphic violence and bigoted propaganda in their feeds. \u2014 Will Oremus, Washington Post , 18 May 2022"
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"One side represents cruelty, bigotry and animosity that directly leads to violence and the other is simply human decency. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"The two had both moved from the United States to France in their young adult years in hopes of escaping bigotry and violence, a fact that was to support the spine of the story. \u2014 Brooklyn White, Essence , 6 May 2022",
"Ignorance and bigotry allowed much of America to emotionally divorce itself from the crime. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2021",
"If Gervais & Chappelle want yell their transphobic bigotry into a void, fine. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 30 May 2022",
"For my community, names are potent symbols that can encompass the dynamics on display that day in South Florida: bigotry , shame, fear, but also pride. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Another gap that some singles have trouble bridging is finding an LGBTQ connection, without the bigotry , bias or outright ignorance. \u2014 Dawn Ennis, Forbes , 25 Dec. 2021",
"Neither the Buffalo murderer nor the Brooklyn subway shooter needed to augment their bigotry with institutional power to achieve their heinous acts, suggesting limits to the explanatory power of fashionable liberal theories about race. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 18 May 2022",
"But her mother, 73, an immigrant from China, doesn\u2019t get offended, preferring to view such remarks as coming from a place of ignorance, not bigotry , Forrest said. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022"
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"Conecta Fiction\u2019s first Arab project, from first-time director Gilbert Karam, an action drama involving three young female classmates who mistakenly kidnap the son of a corrupt political bigwig . \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"Then again, the production was shot mainly in Bulgaria, and there\u2019s a vaguely intercontinental, pan-European vibe to the cast, from small supporting roles to Monica Bellucci\u2019s spiritless rendering of a villainous bigwig . \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The Commonwealth bigwig began Sunday's episode of The Walking Dead determined to get to the bottom of who slaughtered both his soldiers and his super-creepy post-apocalyptic BFF Toby Carlson. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The surprise use of Detroit as an important setting for the first season is pegged by some to the fact that DC bigwig Geoff Johns, a co-creator of the show, grew up in metro Detroit. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Freep.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"That Perozeni balked at going after Cheffou \u2014 even though the DoD claimed that nabbing the ISIS bigwig was the team\u2019s rogue intention in the first place \u2014 is a blatant inconsistency without a proper explanation. \u2014 Nick Schager, Rolling Stone , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Staley is the second bigwig in the world of finance to lose his position this year over his Epstein associations, the first having been Apollo Global Management\u2019s Leon Black. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 1 Nov. 2021",
"The bigwig informs Agent 355 that Harvard remains under protection because someone in Washington views it as valuable (for its research, priceless art, and history) and that Mann isn't on their list of scientists. \u2014 Nick Schager, EW.com , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Johnson is Frank, the wily captain of a rickety Amazon River tourist trap, trying to eke out a semi-honest living amid stiff competition from a local bigwig (Paul Giamatti). \u2014 Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times , 3 Aug. 2021"
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"Top menu options include the bigeye tuna crudo; the 16-ounce New York strip steak served with Argentinian chimichurri; the double-cut pork chop and the local New Jersey fluke, which is served with wild mushrooms and a truffle leek sauce. \u2014 Judy Koutsky, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"What if bluefish somehow became as popular as bigeye tuna ",
"But the chefs have created a curbside menu that includes some of Uchi\u2019s beloved dishes for take-home, like a cold raw fish dish called akami te, made with watermelon and bigeye tuna . \u2014 Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News , 22 July 2020",
"Delicious when cooked, haramo is also far less expensive than toro and can come from more sustainable species like yellow fin and bigeye tuna . \u2014 Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com , 9 July 2020",
"Large, long-living fish like bigeye tuna , swordfish, shark, king mackerel and orange roughy have the highest mercury levels and are best avoided. \u2014 Rachel Meltzer Warren, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
"And the sliced amberjack, halibut and bigeye tuna in the chirashizushi was a glistening bed of flower petals. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Apr. 2020",
"What to expect: Head to the bar and lounge of this upscale steakhouse for $6 beers; $10 Lil\u2019 Brgs sliders, crab tortellini and short rib ravioli; and $12 shrimp cocktail, bigeye tuna tartare and strawberry cobbler and cucumber stiletto cocktails. \u2014 Melissa Yeager, azcentral , 6 Mar. 2020",
"Seared slices of bigeye tuna got a tasty crunch thanks to the fried bubu rice crackers (picture crisped rice) coating the outside. \u2014 Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com , 30 June 2018"
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"And some cosmological models have hypothesized that the universe could collapse back in on itself in a big crunch , precluding the final light show. \u2014 Adam Mann, Science | AAAS , 11 Aug. 2020",
"The biggest crunch point is expected to be the English Channel crossing between Dover and the French town of Calais. \u2014 Charles Riley, CNN , 11 Feb. 2020",
"Some are wondering if a similar scenario could play out again, with the big crunch point coming after the Scottish Parliament elections in May 2021. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 19 Dec. 2019",
"To be sure, Next doesn\u2019t rely heavily on the Port of Dover, widely expected to face the biggest crunch if the U.K. crashes out of the European Union without a deal. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Sep. 2019",
"In theory, such a nonstandard form of dark energy could also profoundly diminish or even reverse its effects in the future, leaving open the possibility that the universe could still experience a big crunch . \u2014 Lee Billings, Scientific American , 16 May 2018"
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"Pete kicks at the gravel-and-grass front yard, and wonders where the big tree went. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 26 June 2022",
"Like, guys: there's a talking raccoon voiced by Bradley Cooper and a big tree that repeats the same line over and over voiced by Vin Diesel. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
"Every day in high school under the big tree in front of the school. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 May 2021",
"Why would someone go through the trouble to register a big tree ",
"The Cliff Nature and Big Tree trails both leave from the main visitor center, offering hikers several ways to tackle the roughly four-mile loop that leads to both the big tree and the big viewpoint over the mountains. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 July 2021",
"Jorge Gonzalez, 33, another Engine 164 member, has been a firefighter for less than two years and hasn\u2019t battled big tree fires before. \u2014 Emma Talley, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Aug. 2021",
"There\u2019s a welcome gift in the north west by the big tree . \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 7 July 2021",
"But the big tree will have to fend off the slings and arrows of its urban location for a while longer. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Having the option to play offense or defense is a big deal for Stafford. \u2014 Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online , 26 June 2022",
"Baseball is a big deal for Oregon State, so the stadium will be buzzing for a super regional against an SEC opponent. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 10 June 2022",
"Being cast as Midge in Marvelous Mrs. Maisel was a big deal for Brosnahan, as well as for the Palladinos. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022",
"The week-long Summit of the Americas, slated to start June 8 in Los Angeles, is a big deal for the Western Hemisphere -- bringing together leaders from North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 28 May 2022",
"Any stadium gig is a big deal for performers, as the door cracks open to playing the big field on another trip in the not too distant future. \u2014 Eric Fuller, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"But Tuesday just provided more evidence that the Big Lie isn't a big deal for many other Republicans. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 25 May 2022",
"So the second training camp is really a big deal not only for Jackson, but Trey Hill and D\u2019Ante and all those second-year guys. \u2014 Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer , 25 May 2022",
"The big reveal of the primetime schedule continued to be a big deal for those of us who cover TV \u2026 but by the middle of the past decade, the thrill was gone. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 12 May 2022"
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"Foam compresses under ball, particularly the big toe , and rebounds when pushing off the platform. \u2014 Adam Chase, Outside Online , 22 July 2021",
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"This routine will also introduce you to the extended hand-to- big toe pose, another single-leg pose that strengthens your leg muscles and ankles while also stretching the back of your legs. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Cabrera left the game with right big toe soreness after Rosario homered. \u2014 George Henry, ajc , 12 Sep. 2021",
"Cabrera left the game with right big toe soreness after Rosario homered. \u2014 George Henry, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Sep. 2021",
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"That twist is controlled primarily by the first ray ( big toe ). \u2014 Jay Dicharry, Outside Online , 10 Sep. 2019",
"Eventually, Sanders' left big toe and the one next to it were amputated. \u2014 Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY , 11 Mar. 2022"
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"Starting from circa 400,000 years after the big bang \u2014before the first stars are thought to have emerged\u2014the simulation extrapolates out through the first billion years of cosmic history. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American , 10 May 2022",
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"Patrons of South Side jazz clubs in the 1950s might have noticed something a bit different about pianist Sun Ra\u2019s big band \u2014 slowly at first, then all at once. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"At the same time, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis\u2019 big band that follows in Ellington\u2019s footsteps, performed at the Rene\u00e9 and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, while the Harlem Quartet nodded in Ellington\u2019s direction at the Wallis. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
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"Science has already yielded lots of answers, including the theory of evolution, the genetic code, quantum mechanics, general relativity and the big bang theory . \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 7 Aug. 2021",
"The big bang theory The entertainment business\u2019s original script was simple. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Nov. 2019",
"The old big bang theory as developed by Georges Lema\u00eetre, [George] Gamow and others is based on Einstein's theory of general relativity. \u2014 Alexander Hellemans, Scientific American , 24 May 2018",
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"Regulations at Yellowstone prohibit visitors from getting within 25 yards of a bison and other large animals, such as elk, bighorn sheep , deer, moose, and coyotes. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 29 June 2022",
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"Visitors should stay more than 25 yards away from all large animals, such as bison, elk, bighorn sheep , deer, moose and coyotes, according to the NPS. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News , 1 June 2022",
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"In Joshua Tree National Park, rangers closed a trail last week to give the park\u2019s bighorn sheep undisturbed access to water. \u2014 Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
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"The UniverSoul Circus returned to Baltimore this month, with its red and yellow big top in the Security Square Mall parking lot. \u2014 Maria Morales, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
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"The daring circus families who for 146 years performed death-defying acts under the big top tents. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
"The Armstrong Bearcat band performs under the big top tent. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 19 May 2022",
"Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced Wednesday its big top circus will resume touring five years after it was retired, and animals will no longer be part of the performance. \u2014 Marisa Dellatto, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"This time around, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is the star outdoor attraction with Zoo Blooms, while in Florence, the unique water circus Cirque Italia will take place under the giant blue and white big top tent. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The Circus Vargas big top is back in San Diego after a pause longer than a year due to the pandemic. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Amazingly, Lisa has only appeared on the tally twice, but these are still relatively early days for K-pop acts landing big top 40 wins in the U.S. \u2014 Hugh Mcintyre, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022"
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"Bigarade is another name for bitter orange, and bigarade peel oil is the darkest of the citrus oils. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2021"
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"This seems counter-intuitive when referring to big data . \u2014 Ken Knapton, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
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"About five years ago, scientists with the Australian Federal Police began developing their own version of the technology, which combines genomics, big data and machine learning. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
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"Investors likely see these diverse deals as a testament to the company\u2019s strength in the AI and big data space. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Laureate Andrew Chi-Chih Yao created new trends in computer science and his work is continuing to influence current real-world problems in security, secure computing and big data processing. \u2014 David L. Coddonwriter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The reasons for such growth are the following: increasing governmental support for healthcare IT solutions, increasing use of big data analysis and the urgent need to reduce growing healthcare costs. \u2014 Alexey Shliakhouski, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
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"Nineteen types of prairie plants are available this year and include favorites like butterfly weed, big bluestem , leadplant, purple prairie clover and more. \u2014 Beacon-news Staff, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"And micro-prairies that are routinely scoured by ice in the river to clear the way for native plants such as big bluestem and Indian grass. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 7 Feb. 2022",
"THERESA - Dense stands of big bluestem reached 5 feet high on the rolling, upland tract at Theresa Marsh Wildlife Area. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Beneath the ground, the roots of the big bluestem will stretch nearly 12 feet deep, leaving deposits that enrich the soil and keep it in place against the strong Kansas winds. \u2014 Sarah Spicer, Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021",
"On either side of her, tall, thin strands of big bluestem , a grass species native to the Great Plains, arch more than a foot above her head. \u2014 Sarah Spicer, Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021",
"The prairie\u2019s 8-foot-tall big bluestem and Indian grasses are especially beautiful in the fall. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Native prairie plants that can tolerate drought, including big bluestem , prairie milkweed, Illinois bundleflower and rough blazing star, will likely fare better than other species. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 20 Apr. 2021",
"The botanically inclined will be interested in the native grasses \u2014 such as big bluestem \u2014 lining the Farm Field Loop Trail. \u2014 Jeanine Barone, BostonGlobe.com , 4 Mar. 2021"
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"The creator, Matt Negrete and Scott Gimple, the big daddy of The Walking Dead want to jump on a call with you. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 13 Oct. 2020",
"Delta Skymiles Reserve American Express Card The big daddy , and according to Harteveldt, far and away the most exciting of all the new cards is the Reserve. \u2014 Louis Cheslaw, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 30 Jan. 2020",
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"When my son @KevinHart4real goes down with an injury, his big daddy steps in. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 4 Sep. 2019",
"Also, her metaphor portrays Americans as children, which is a perfect example of left-wing opinion, in the sense that government is your big daddy that's going to take care of you. \u2014 Fox News , 6 Apr. 2018",
"State Street at Veterans Memorial Parkway and 36th Street The big daddy of road projects this season is this busy intersection just across the Boise River from Garden City. \u2014 Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman , 27 Apr. 2018",
"But, according to Reidy, the big daddy of parades was in Savannah, Georgia. \u2014 Nancy Miller, The Courier-Journal , 13 Mar. 2018"
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"Needs to really the big, the big picture utility problems. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"And the thing is that there's a lot of Supreme Court precedent on First Amendment and all this stuff, sort of big picture speech issues. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"The Chinese government needs to do a better job of assessing the impact of policy decisions that affect the big picture issues. \u2014 Russell Flannery, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Which brings us back to another big picture problem, summed up neatly by Cad Bane expressing puzzlement at Boba\u2019s angle here. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 9 Feb. 2022",
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"Richardson urged policymakers to focus on vaccines, testing and boosters on the health front as well as big picture investments in the economy, including training workforces and boosting the availability of affordable childcare. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The industry still has many challenges, including establishing consistency in safety and sanitization protocols at venues and events around the world, solving the pricing puzzle, and big picture inclusivity and sustainability objectives. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 13 Dec. 2021",
"In the incessant and often fawning mainstream media coverage of renewable energy technologies, in particular wind and solar power, the big picture in global energy affairs is left out. \u2014 Tilak Doshi, Forbes , 10 June 2022"
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"Schmit hit the horns again and the big buck came trotting in to 25 yards, where the hunter stopped him and made a good shot. \u2014 Scott Bestul, Field & Stream , 1 Jan. 2021"
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"A crew fishing out of Venice's Cypress Cove Marina Saturday (July 1) caught a bigeye tuna that will rank as the third largest ever brought to scales in Louisiana. \u2014 Todd Masson, NOLA.com , 7 July 2017",
"That\u2019s about $11,806 per pound for the 236.5-pound bigeye tuna caught by Trenton firefighter Rich Kosztyu in the White Marlin Open, held last August off Ocean City, Md. \u2014 Frank Kummer, Philly.com , 7 July 2017",
"To protect consumers from getting ripped off, scientists at the University of Bologna have developed a genetic test that can tell the difference between the three most popular species of tuna in Italy: skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye . \u2014 Aaron Rowe, WIRED , 23 Aug. 2007"
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"Little brown bats tend to roost in barns and sheds in colonies of 30 or more, while big brown bats [which are not endangered] have roost sites in attics and in people\u2019s houses in colonies of 10. \u2014 Margeaux Sippell, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Apr. 2018",
"For instance, a study published last fall in PLOS Biology explored the reason that big brown bats waggle their heads like puppy dogs and curl the tips of their ears down. \u2014 Jason Bittel, Smithsonian , 23 Mar. 2017",
"In the same study, the researchers estimated that a colony of 150 big brown bats in Indiana ate nearly 1.3 million insects per year, and a million bats would consume 600 to 1,320 metric tons of insects per year. \u2014 Rachel E. Gross, Smithsonian , 27 Oct. 2017",
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"An enterprising publisher reissued an account of the 1706 bigamy trial of Robert Fielding, with prints of the interior view and a key of where famous people had sat. \u2014 Catherine Ostler, Town & Country , 24 Feb. 2022",
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"Most striking was the release of his eighth album Fuse, the lively big beat twist on country-pop that came out in 2013. \u2014 Poppy Reid, Rolling Stone , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Sportswear behemoth Nike had one heckuva week last week, climbing more than 20% after releasing a big beat on Thursday after the bell, plus delivering a sterling sales forecast that could push its top line over $50 billion this year. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 28 June 2021",
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"The Stealth and Stealth HD models have an MSRP of $580 while the Stealth Plus (the big stick in Tiger\u2019s bag) is $600. \u2014 Mike Dojc, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022",
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"My little big brother was there for me through everything. \u2014 Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"The manager of the fund, which oversaw billions of dollars but wasn\u2019t a big name on Wall Street, provided a detailed accounting of his involvement on the condition that neither he nor his firm be named. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"Elon Musk\u2019s campaign to buy Twitter is a big business story that\u2019s masking an even bigger one. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
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