as in heavyweight
one of high position or importance within a group
for a high-profile case like this, the law firm uses only its big guns
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Recent Examples of big gun
Los Angeles scored against Colorado’s top line, but the Avs’ big guns got that one back at 3:40 of the period.
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Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
Just as Rantanen noted, the Avs’ big guns will look to shoot more at times when the team is slumping.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2024
This explains that, despite the fierce competition, Spotify’s U.S. market share has steadily increased over the past three years, capturing market shares from big guns like Apple and Amazon, a feat deemed unlikely by many analysts.
—Ken Berman, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Saturday Night Live brought out some big guns to kick off its 50th season, which coincides with a major presidential election.
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024
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Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
Just as Rantanen noted, the Avs’ big guns will look to shoot more at times when the team is slumping.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2024
This explains that, despite the fierce competition, Spotify’s U.S. market share has steadily increased over the past three years, capturing market shares from big guns like Apple and Amazon, a feat deemed unlikely by many analysts.
—Ken Berman, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Saturday Night Live brought out some big guns to kick off its 50th season, which coincides with a major presidential election.
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big gun
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.—
airmail.news,
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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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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Unfortunately, very big boy Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees took the crown this season with 58 home runs.—
Bryan Walsh,
Vox,
30 Dec. 2024
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This is going to be a very big boy, free cash flow game.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
26 Dec. 2024
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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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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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The festivities will also include lion dances and an ao dai fashion show.—
Christine Clarridge,
Axios,
9 Jan. 2025
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This included the long runway for AI accelerators – AMD’s executives forecast the market to reach $400 billion by 2027 – with Nvidia taking the lion’s share.—
Beth Kindig,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Big gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20gun. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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