the 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
“She can see the genus, the big idea, and the detail.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
Sometimes the big picture, the big idea, the main reason for the experiment isn’t even the biggest reward in the outcome.
From Fox News ● Oct. 9, 2020
Amazon wouldn’t let me speak with a Frames product manager about the big idea.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2020
But I think the big idea of their being here is to sail out to give the bombers a better chance to get through when the big moment comes.
From Dave Dawson at Casablanca by Robert Sydney Bowen
