as in heavyweights
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 biggies
And the brand management biggies are all looking to get bigger still.
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026
His dad, Hobie, was one of the biggest of the biggies.
—Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
Sundance is coming in hot for me with two biggies right out of the gate.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Some biggies to look out for are issues with the exterior, namely the foundation and the roof, as well as major systems, like plumbing and HVAC.
—Personal Finance, TheWeek, 19 Jan. 2026
This is one of the biggies of the fall season.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026
His dad, Hobie, was one of the biggest of the biggies.
—Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
Sundance is coming in hot for me with two biggies right out of the gate.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Some biggies to look out for are issues with the exterior, namely the foundation and the roof, as well as major systems, like plumbing and HVAC.
—Personal Finance, TheWeek, 19 Jan. 2026
This is one of the biggies of the fall season.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biggies
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Even engineering heavyweights and frontier labs are losing ground as users are demanding more than hyperscalers are prepared to deliver—a tension that’s reached a boiling point as teams like OpenAI race to ship both breakthrough capabilities and unprecedented uncertainty at the same time.—
Sumeet Vaidya,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Now, those two heavyweights are set to duke it out on Saturday night with a trip to the national championship game on the line.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Until April 4, 2026, the lasting memory between these transcendent but antithetical bigs was that of Jokic’s signature shot thwarted.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
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After small ball was all the rage during the late 2010s, NBA teams are now playing lineups with two bigs more frequently.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Specifically, Alioto sought to reimagine the magazine as a many-pronged vehicle for promising tastes—like those of regular contributors and critical heavies, Grace Byron and Greta Rainbow.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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Absinthe-eyed, she projectile-vomits blunt observations and also oysters onto the heavies, overimbibing her way into her own grave once she’s inevitably discarded with a shot and shove down a stairwell (a barely-there John Magaro plays one of the gangsters).—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Biggies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biggies. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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