as in big
one of high position or importance within a group
among food and beverage magazines, it's one of the biggies
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With the capacity to accommodate nearly 7,000 guests and more than 2,000 crew members, World Europa is the eighth-largest cruise ship currently sailing, just a touch smaller than biggies like Icon of the Seas, from Royal Caribbean International.
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Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
Most states, including the biggies like California, Texas, Florida and New York, are locked into their partisan preferences.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Black Tie carries skis from all the top brands, biggies like Head, K2, Atomic, Elan and Fischer, as well as more niche brands including Armada and Icelandic, plus many more, and in snowboards, everything from Arbor to Burton.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
When David gets a glimpse of a map of the brain that Ben’s been looking at, one that shows the 60-ish regions connected to the thalamus — regions including those that control sight, sound, sleep regulation, visual reasoning, judgment, like, all the biggies — something dawns on him.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2024
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Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
Most states, including the biggies like California, Texas, Florida and New York, are locked into their partisan preferences.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Black Tie carries skis from all the top brands, biggies like Head, K2, Atomic, Elan and Fischer, as well as more niche brands including Armada and Icelandic, plus many more, and in snowboards, everything from Arbor to Burton.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
When David gets a glimpse of a map of the brain that Ben’s been looking at, one that shows the 60-ish regions connected to the thalamus — regions including those that control sight, sound, sleep regulation, visual reasoning, judgment, like, all the biggies — something dawns on him.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2024
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“Biggie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biggie. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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