major suit

noun

: either of the suits hearts or spades having superior scoring value in bridge

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As a side issue, when your major suit is hearts, the argument for opening is even stronger. —

Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024 Antitrust lawyers from both the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission have brought five major suits against big tech’s alleged monopolist practices. —

Peter Green, Quartz, 10 Aug. 2024 Donziger, who won a major suit against the oil giant Chevron in Ecuador in 2011, has been under house arrest since August 2019—well over the length of his sentence, which is the longest he can be imprisoned for the charges against him. —

Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 1 Oct. 2021 But the Justice Department, after its own 16-month investigation, filed a major suit against Google on Tuesday relying on those very same antitrust laws. —

Steve Lohr, Star Tribune, 22 Oct. 2020