the big question
noun
: the thing everyone would like to know
The big question is, will he be number one in the football draft?
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Christopher Helman, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Ginger / Build: How to get ginger into this cocktail is the big question, and there are three different answers.
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That is the big question surrounding Rhett Lashlee’s team, which does not have a win against a team that is currently ranked.
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Which begs the big question — is the unusual dryness right now related to climate change?
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Christopher Helman, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Ginger / Build: How to get ginger into this cocktail is the big question, and there are three different answers.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 4 Jan. 2025
That is the big question surrounding Rhett Lashlee’s team, which does not have a win against a team that is currently ranked.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Which begs the big question — is the unusual dryness right now related to climate change?
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 27 Nov. 2024
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