How to Use big buck in a Sentence

big buck

noun
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  • For a long time consumers were happy to pay big bucks to belong in this world.
    — Amy Francombe, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The big buck eventually stepped behind a tree, which allowed Cremeans to draw his bow.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
  • That parasocial connection has translated into big bucks.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Despite the high cost of groceries and gas, shoppers across America shelled out big bucks this past holiday weekend.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Don’t move can probably be considered a success with a nearly totally unknown cast that would not demand big bucks to star, plus an incredibly simplistic concept that had to be cheap to film.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Left tackles still draw the draft love and the big bucks.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 2 Sep. 2019
  • The next morning, the big buck came but caught Cramer’s scent.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Ahead of the election year, Lurie brought big bucks into the race.
    — Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Schmit hit the horns again and the big buck came trotting in to 25 yards, where the hunter stopped him and made a good shot.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 1 Jan. 2021
  • That is why Mueller gets paid the big bucks by the taxpayers.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 25 July 2019
  • People will have to pay a bit more to get a chance at winning the big bucks!
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Successful teams will go up against the AI for big bucks at the end.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024
  • The Packers bucked a league trend and paid him big bucks in free agency.
    — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024
  • That’s some big bucks, at least for the next several years.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Clubs pay these players the big bucks to win them games, and that is what Hazard does.
    — SI.com, 13 June 2019
  • Here are 10 reasons why the last week of October is the best time to kill a big buck.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 24 Oct. 2024
  • CEOs get paid big bucks to follow the rules — their own, and the US government’s.
    — Sarah Green Carmichael, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
  • The big bucks, though, will come with broadcasting rights.
    — The Economist, 12 July 2019
  • That priced some people out and forced others to pony up big bucks.
    — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The shattered Koons sculpture may still be worth big bucks.
    — Amanda Rosa Miami Herald (tns), al, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Brown did exactly what the Raiders paid him the big bucks this past spring to provide.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Follow these seven steps to create a blog that will bring in the big bucks.
    — Melissa Bykofsky, Woman's Day, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Tired of paying big bucks to take the family to see the local sports teams?
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
  • At issue is whether those athletes who bring in the big bucks should have the right to seek a better deal.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 6 Jan. 2018
  • Turns out running a wax museum can help rack in the big bucks.
    — Vulture, 11 Mar. 2023
  • There is no trophy hunting vibe, but if a big buck is shot, great.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Parking has a big footprint – and brings big bucksParking takes up a lot of land in cities.
    — Constantine Samaras, The Conversation, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The big buck then stood directly beneath Kevin, looked up, and licked a tree peg.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2021
  • And Trump didn’t know Cohen was forking over big bucks!
    — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2018
  • Today, any business can be small but look big, act big, and make big bucks.
    — Steve Strauss, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2019

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