the big idea
Example Sentences
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You talk in the documentary about how the big idea at the outset of your solo career was fusing rock and dance music.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Not long ago, technology was the big idea for enabling Africa to leapfrog its way out of poverty.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2023
And if she hadn’t had the big idea, we would never have “The Lion King.”
From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022
What’s the big idea, putting down small talk?
From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2022
Though mortally ill and old in years—he was seventy-eight—Count Zeppelin held conferences in his sick chamber, passing on to his assistants the big idea of airship transportation.
From Zeppelin The Story of a Great Achievement by Vissering, Harry
