big idea
Example Sentences
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At a Senate hearing I once attended, one member’s big idea was to write a dress code for all 100,000 public K-12 schools.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
But the body, the return to something purely sensorial, is Laxe’s big idea.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2025
The Thatcher government's big idea was that they weren't just going to sell the shares in state owned utilities to big businesses or investors.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2025
Still, there’s a very provocative big idea hiding under all theatrics: that once fashion enters the museum and falls into hands of a conservator it becomes an object and effectively “dies.”
From New York Times • May 9, 2024
One big idea behind finding your model was that when you did, you’d glimpse your future.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.