as in heavyweight
one of high position or importance within a group
when she became the network's White House correspondent, she knew that she was now playing with the big boys
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Recent Examples of big boy
Rictus Erectus Yes, another repeat; our big boy was in Mad Max: Fury Road.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 May 2024
The preview also discusses how The Beach Boys were often compared to another big boy band from across the pond — The Beatles.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
The Huskies cruised on the way to an 82-52 speed bump of a win on the night big boys North Carolina and Arizona tumbled.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2024
Treated with medications, honey bandages and surgery to close the wound, this big boy has made a big recovery in his time at the shelter.
—The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 May 2024
The preview also discusses how The Beach Boys were often compared to another big boy band from across the pond — The Beatles.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
The Huskies cruised on the way to an 82-52 speed bump of a win on the night big boys North Carolina and Arizona tumbled.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2024
Treated with medications, honey bandages and surgery to close the wound, this big boy has made a big recovery in his time at the shelter.
—The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
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Gladiator 2 has Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal as Colosseum-adjacent heavies.Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
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With this year's costumes trend predicted to be extra pop-culture heavy, some obvious duo costumes, like Deadpool and Wolverine, come to mind.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
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To wit, the team is apparently circling Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler as a potential backup big to accent All-NBA Second Teamer Anthony Davis.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Cross-country City Section and Southern Section teams continue to prepare for the big meets ahead in cross-country.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
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Los Angeles scored against Colorado’s top line, but the Avs’ big guns got that one back at 3:40 of the period.Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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Just as Rantanen noted, the Avs’ big guns will look to shoot more at times when the team is slumping.Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2024
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The home was later owned by undertaker Joseph O’Connor, whose nearby funeral home, Cunningham & O’Connor, regularly handled the deceased bodies of Hollywood heavy hitters like Carmen Miranda, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, Bing Crosby, and John Wayne.Mark David, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
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Joining them were art world heavy hitters, industry titans and politicians, including former president François Hollande.Joelle Diderich, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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One of the teachers at Abbott, Jacob (played by Chris Perfetti), paid homage to Sajak with his costume, which even included a big wheel.Kayla Caldwell, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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The original penny-farthing bicycle had a big wheel up front with a smaller one out at the back, and was also known as a high-wheel cycle.New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2024
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The Interior Department oversees the lion’s share of federal lands—approximately 500 million acres—and manages the agencies National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Fish and Wildlife Service, among others.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
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Although California prioritizes the adoption of electric vehicles, the lion’s share of the $22 billion of private investment generated by the fuel standard has largely benefited biofuel companies.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Simply Cheetos White Cheddar Puffs These light-colored curls have big cheese flavor, a satisfying crunch and a tart kick that is dangerously delicious.Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
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Somalia’s new big cheese will quickly find out how much has been bitten off his capacity to govern.Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2017
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Namely, many ordinary Indians apparently took enormous glee at the prospect that the sudden invalidation of high-denomination currency notes would put fat cats with large cash holdings in a bind.Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2017
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Poor poll numbers caused panicky Democratic Party oligarchs and fat cat donors to oust him as their candidate.Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Big boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20boy. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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