not big
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As one former senior official says: "Vetting is a process, not a point, it's not like a test you pass or fail - it's about managing risk, not big thumbs up or down."
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
“We’re not big enough to be a site of record. Our scoops are more of the longer-term access, and scoops of insight.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
At 5-foot-11 and 192 pounds he’s not big for the position, and according to a school release ran the 40 in 4.46 seconds, which is fast but not blistering.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
Thursday’s drop in market-based rates was not big enough to bring the 10-year yield back down to its 3.96% closing level reached on Oct.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025
But after I had turned up the whole patch—in fact after I had it partly planted—I realized that it was really not big enough.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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