as in bigs
one of high position or importance within a group
a big kahuna at a Hollywood talent agency, he's got the fancy car to prove it
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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 -
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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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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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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Below, according to a San Francisco Chronicle video, in bold white letters on the sand, demonstrators displayed another message saying no to ICE, wars, lies and kings.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Josh Kelly The No Kings protests draw their name from the fact that the United States doesn't have kings — a reference to Trump's language about himself and his administration's efforts to expand presidential powers.—
Alex Gladden,
Oklahoman,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Kahunas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kahunas. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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