as in bigs
one of high position or importance within a group
it was never a major leaguer among book publishers
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Purdue is more perimeter-oriented, and what the Boilers get from their bigs is largely a bonus.—
Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026 -
So our bigs were going to have to hit bodies, but our guards were going to have to come clean it up.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 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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Make sure the tires reconnect with the road - During the skid, wait until the tires reconnect with the road and then gently straighten the wheels to regain control.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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Especially with everyone thinking black paint and black wheels and all black everything makes for a badass vehicle.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Then the Bruins big boys decided to make a statement after that.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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Will the Niners spend like big boys and sign Hendrickson, Linderbaum and JFM?—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Bruins coach Marco Sturm made some pretty sizable line changes to start the game, plugging in rookie center Minten between David Pastrnak and Morgan Geekie to try and coax more production out of his big guns.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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The team needs that supporting cast clicking at the same time as big guns to create more sustained pressure.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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How To Use Your PrizePicks NBA Promo The slate features several heavy hitters with massive point projections.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Protein Positive At the top of the inverted pyramid sit the heavy hitters of the protein world—foods like steak, chicken, and salmon.—
Outside,
Outside,
24 Mar. 2026
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Among them were Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Alain Locke, all emerging as literary lions poised to reshape American letters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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The other side features a depiction a haloed Prophet Daniel, flanked by lions.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Major leaguers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/major%20leaguers. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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