big winner

collocation in English

meaningsofbigandwinner

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big
adjective
uk
/bɪɡ/us
/bɪɡ/
large in size ...
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winner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɪn.ər/us
/ˈwɪn.ɚ/
someone who wins a game, competition, ...
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(Definition ofbigandwinnerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbig winner

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We are thebigwinnerbecause we will act.
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The steel industry is abigwinnerfrom this week's announcements.
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A player might occasionally win, but thebigwinnerwas the dealer (banker).
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Since he always stayed in shape, he came back as abigwinneron the grand masters tour when he reached forty-five.
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Big winners are those classified as winners on all three questions.
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He was a sweet and merry boy, if a rotten poker player, and the public, poorer for his leaving it, is abigwinnerin having him at all.
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Business was abigwinnerof the reforms, with its influence increasing significantly within both the state and society.
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The group's performance in various phases of the game is scored and so thebigwinneremerges.
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U2 is the night'sbigwinner, with five awards.
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At the $95,000 wage level a married person could be abigwinnergetting net benefits of about $165,000.
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The gap is even larger (29.4 per cent) when big winners are compared to losers.
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Table 3 also compares big winners (those who never respond as a loser on our three measures) to losers.
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Individuals who remain with a single firm for many years, especially those that stay with the company until they retire are the big winners in traditional defined benefit plans.
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The big winners in the gold rush were those who supplied the miners with food, clothing and equipment.
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The big winners are the firms that all start to earn positive profits as a result of the reductions in wages and increased availability of workers.
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It is worth noting who the big winners would be.
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Therefore, there are big winners in keeping world trade moving.
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Why else do football pool companies publicise their big winners?
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After all, in the final analysis, human beings, animals and even the environment are the big winners from this legislation.
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