big name
noun
: a performer or personage of top rank in popular recognition
a big name in the business world
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If things continue on this path, Bregman could well be the big name this trade season.
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Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
With each team allowed to protect only three players to start, plenty of big names are available to PWHL Vancouver and PWHL Seattle.
—Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Pascal joins an array of big names who have previously narrated Space Shows, including Neil deGrasse Tyson, Whoopi Goldberg, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Redford, and Tom Hanks.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 June 2025
Max Homa is among several big names who do not meet the exemptions for the 2025 U.S. Open in Oakmont, leaving his Oakmost fate up to a qualifier in Ohio on Monday.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
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Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
With each team allowed to protect only three players to start, plenty of big names are available to PWHL Vancouver and PWHL Seattle.
—Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Pascal joins an array of big names who have previously narrated Space Shows, including Neil deGrasse Tyson, Whoopi Goldberg, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Redford, and Tom Hanks.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 June 2025
Max Homa is among several big names who do not meet the exemptions for the 2025 U.S. Open in Oakmont, leaving his Oakmost fate up to a qualifier in Ohio on Monday.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
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“Big name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20name. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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