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
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.
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Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Public education is another biggie.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
Underlying many midlife health woes are disappearing hormones—estrogen being the biggie in women.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 11 Feb. 2025
Develop micro-goals on the way to the biggie.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 22 Jan. 2025
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Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Public education is another biggie.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
Underlying many midlife health woes are disappearing hormones—estrogen being the biggie in women.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 11 Feb. 2025
Develop micro-goals on the way to the biggie.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biggie
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His mastery of the pick-and-roll/pick-and-pop will also pair well with the Clippers’ troika of bigs (Ivica Zubac, Brook Lopez, and John Collins).—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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The fans welcomed the 23-year-old back to the bigs with a standing ovation in his first at-bat.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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First question first: Is Usyk the GOAT of the heavies?—
Anthony Stitt,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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And if that timeliness doesn't impress you, maybe Cap wrecking a bunch of heavies in an elevator will.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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“Biggie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biggie. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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