billion-dollar
adjective[before noun]
ukusused todescribesomething that isworthat least one thousand milliondollars:
Thedruggiantisseekingapprovalfor a newdrugthat could beitsnextbillion-dollarproduct.
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Thebillion-dollarquestion is whether the president is actually up to the task of running this country which is extremely difficult to govern.
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We believe in a balanced approach to the matter, not in hysterical shouts forbillion-dollarsolutions before the problem has been properly examined.
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A furtherbillion-dollarincrease in defence spending in 1972 over the previous year was announced at the same time.
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That is thebillion-dollarquestion.
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This means that for a drug company to survive, it needs to discover a blockbuster (billion-dollardrug) every few years.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If it were able to be applied successfully as a video codec, it could potentially become abillion-dollarbusiness.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She was promoted to general attorney of commercial litigation, after winning abillion-dollarlawsuit for the steelmaker.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I saw automobiles as transportation, not the symbol of an upcomingbillion-dollarsport.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although professional wrestling started out as petty acts in sideshows, traveling circuses and carnivals, today it is abillion-dollarindustry.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The mere popularity of games has created abillion-dollarindustry.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.With an initial worldwide gross of over $1.84 billion, it was the first film to reach thebillion-dollarmark.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While it is criminal in most countries, this multi-billion-dollarindustry is believed to involve as many as 2 million children around the world.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In 2012, these policies have been supplemented by a carbon price and a 10billion-dollarfund to finance renewable energy projects.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His investigations spanned cases from street drug users to internationalbillion-dollardrug trafficking organizations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Lockheed was doing business with the defense department on the firstbillion-dollarcontract.
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