big government
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Its reports are released alongside big government events such as the Budget.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
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
In the past under such circumstances, big government lenders such as the U.S.,
From Washington Times ● May 18, 2023
At last the day came when the big government test was to be made.
From Tom Swift and His Air Scout, or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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