big idea
Example Sentences
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Fifty years ago, Steve Wozniak knew he built a great personal computer, but the young engineer couldn’t convince his employer, Hewlett-Packard, to buy into the big idea.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
And a big idea of my role there is not just to report on results, but to make sure the entire company understands what’s driving it—even understands the financial metrics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
The big idea, as with the Brixham fishermen's clinic, is to better tailor health services to local communities, and offer people more checks and tests to stop them falling sick in the first place.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025
Still, there’s a very provocative big idea hiding under all theatrics: that once fashion enters the museum and falls into hands of a conservator it becomes an object and effectively “dies.”
From New York Times • May 9, 2024
I don’t think about Safer, and I don’t think about Dallas, or the taste test, or my big idea that may or may not work.
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
