the big question

noun

: the thing everyone would like to know

The big question is, will he be number one in the football draft?

Examples of the big question in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In terms of Moore’s Law, the big question is what technology the next generation of Gaudi, currently code-named Falcon Shores, will use. —IEEE Spectrum, 9 Apr. 2024

And while the big question of how Damien came into the world was answered, so many other questions popped up for me as an Omen fan. —Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024

Zweig said the big question facing U.S. Coast Guard personnel and other first responders is whether anyone could survive for several hours after their cars plummeted into Baltimore Harbor. —Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024

On Thursday, the Federal Reserve chair testified to the Senate Banking Committee against the backdrop of his recent decision not to cut interest rates, the big question investors and homebuyers are asking. —Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024

Which brings us to the big question — one that needed to be answered in the final 20 games but might become a forever mystery: Is this a team worth the cost of running back? —Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024

Now the big question is whether all the regulators pulling on the buckles and loops of Boeing’s straitjacket, with a potential yank from Justice to come, will seriously delay what looked like the start of strong comeback. —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2024

That's the big problem right now and the big question. —CBS News, 18 Feb. 2024

That’s the big question that Microsoft needs to answer on Thursday. —Tom Warren, The Verge, 12 Feb. 2024