big-time

Example Sentences

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I was working in nightclubs, all of my friends were in nightclubs, so I lived that big time.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

"We dropped our standards big time and we got punished for it."

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

"That's a big time play for us older heads... We know how to keep our heads and execute."

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

And when you look there, you’ll see that Jerome Powell and the Fed have cut rates — big time.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

I mean, you couldn’t blame her when you stop to think that her husband’s idea of a big time was to go to the zoo and feed a baboon.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel