as in heavyweight
one of high position or importance within a group
when she became the network's White House correspondent, she knew that she was now playing with the big boys
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Recent Examples of big boy
Besides the first day of KHSAA state football finals on Friday, there was a big boys basketball tilt involving No. 4 Male and No. 3 Trinity.
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Rich Barak, The Courier-Journal, 7 Dec. 2024
One thing Green Bay hasn't done, though, is beat the NFL’s big boys.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
They get penalized for playing a big boy schedule while schools like Notre Dame play a JV schedule EVERYY year.
—Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
By the numbers: Like other holiday beers, these are big boys in terms of alcohol content.
—Sam Allard, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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Rich Barak, The Courier-Journal, 7 Dec. 2024
One thing Green Bay hasn't done, though, is beat the NFL’s big boys.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
They get penalized for playing a big boy schedule while schools like Notre Dame play a JV schedule EVERYY year.
—Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
By the numbers: Like other holiday beers, these are big boys in terms of alcohol content.
—Sam Allard, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big boy
Noun
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Not without consequence, of course, and not just from New York heavies—in his years of flouting the conventions of etiquette in the bush, around animals, whether while making images or just out wandering, Peter was not entirely unscathed.—
Chris Wallace,
Vogue,
17 Dec. 2024
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But at six-foot-two, with the big, square features and the theatrical presence of a human monolith, Chen looks as well as buzzes like the authority figures and heavies that are a star basso’s ticket to the really big time.—
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airmail.news,
7 Dec. 2024
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The Heat duo of Adebayo and Ware entered Sunday with just one minute played together this season, with Spoelstra just recently starting to play the two bigs together in end-of-quarter defensive situations.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2025
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DiVincenzo had taken on the burden of crashing the glass to help out the Wolves bigs.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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When Knight’s phone rings with a check-in from Parker, Arturo threatens them all with his big gun.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Reports also suggest the Switch 2 will be a significant graphical step up from its aging 2017 predecessor, perhaps even getting close to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Of course, the most important thing is the games, and Nintendo has some big guns to roll out.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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The other three are all heavy hitters in the space game: the United States, Russia and China.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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Fish is often hailed as a nutritional heavy hitter that provides a slew of health benefits.—
Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News,
Fox News,
4 Dec. 2024
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One of the teachers at Abbott, Jacob (played by Chris Perfetti), paid homage to Sajak with his costume, which even included a big wheel.—
Kayla Caldwell,
Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2024
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The original penny-farthing bicycle had a big wheel up front with a smaller one out at the back, and was also known as a high-wheel cycle.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Oct. 2024
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There was plenty of entertainment with lion and dragon dances, food eating contests, a dumpling wrapping contest and a host of performances on a main stage.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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Enjoy Golden Lion martial arts demos, a Kei Lun lion dance and a parade.—
Jackie Burrell,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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But a big cheese board affords the chance for people to try something new.—
Betty Hallock,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Dec. 2024
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Simply Cheetos White Cheddar Puffs These light-colored curls have big cheese flavor, a satisfying crunch and a tart kick that is dangerously delicious.—
Jolene Thym,
The Mercury News,
4 June 2024
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But what if fat cats’ feet could be held to the fire?—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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Namely, many ordinary Indians apparently took enormous glee at the prospect that the sudden invalidation of high-denomination currency notes would put fat cats with large cash holdings in a bind.—
Milan Vaishnav,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Mar. 2017
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“Big boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20boy. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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