big time
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It was the closest Iger had come to the big time until Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Another reason this modestly-priced, easy-to-drink wine hasn’t made it to the big time is the overused 100-point scale that wine critics use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The lottery-ticket analogy suggests that you’re letting your imagination run away with you — big time.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
He has won and won big time, taking more votes than all his rivals combined.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
They had a big time till one man come in who thought he was bad.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
But my gaydar was also going off big-time around Dorothy and Marshall, news they found amusing when I told them recently.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
But his relationship as a big-time donor to Trojan athletics really began in 1998, when USC was desperate to build a new practice field for new football coach Paul Hackett.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Big picture: American manufacturers are benefiting big-time from the boom in artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
The wave of chip enthusiasm lifted a comparatively nascent company to a big-time debut in public markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
They didn’t play tricks on me, I think, because they knew that if they got caught “bullying” me, it would be big-time trouble for them.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
