Examples of bigwig in a Sentence
a bigwig in local politics
interviewed by several bigwigs on the hospital's staff
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Profitability—the point at which a film’s investors begin to see returns—is also of the utmost importance to studio bigwigs, sometimes to movie-lovers’ chagrin.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025
On Ransom Canyon, Minka Kelly's Quinn vacillates between feelings for wealthy rancher and town bigwig, Davis Collins (Eoin Macken), and longtime crush, salt-of-the-earth rancher, Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel).
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Two people, however, instantly and definitively identify Barinholtz: a pair of agency bigwigs leaving a breakfast meeting.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
Although the Texas Amateur Hockey Association and Dallas Stars Travel Hockey League are ostensibly independent nonprofit entities, their boards have often been filled with Stars bigwigs.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025
On Ransom Canyon, Minka Kelly's Quinn vacillates between feelings for wealthy rancher and town bigwig, Davis Collins (Eoin Macken), and longtime crush, salt-of-the-earth rancher, Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel).
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Two people, however, instantly and definitively identify Barinholtz: a pair of agency bigwigs leaving a breakfast meeting.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
Although the Texas Amateur Hockey Association and Dallas Stars Travel Hockey League are ostensibly independent nonprofit entities, their boards have often been filled with Stars bigwigs.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Bigwig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigwig. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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