big government
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In 2020 American Compass defended organized labor as a means for combating big government, writing: “We prefer the private ordering of bargains between workers and management to overbearing dictates from Washington.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
“At the same level that people are concerned about big government, there’s a concern about the private sector becoming too big,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024
Donald Kohn, a former vice chair of the Fed, said big government deficits and the transition to green energy could keep growth and rates higher by propping up demand for borrowed cash.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis cancelled a big government engagement planned for the weekend as the crisis escalated.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2023
“Get your map, John—the big government map—and let’s have a look at this country in west of here.”
From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Emerson Hough
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