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bigness

American  
[big-nis] / ˈbɪg nɪs /

noun

  1. the fact or condition of being large in size, extent, amount, etc.

  2. Chiefly New England. size.


Etymology

Origin of bigness

First recorded in 1485–95; big 1 + -ness

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“I was pretty naive to the bigness, the vastness of it,” Shiffrin said of her first Games in 2014 on a recent episode of her podcast.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

“Steven Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock, these were figures that helped inspire me to not compromise in the commitment to the bigness of the audience’s experience,” Peele says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2023

Being big, even in a time of more bigness, is an exception that relies on variable, ever-changing circumstances.

From Slate Feb. 20, 2023

Year-end lists are egotistic, simplistic and too small to capture life’s bigness, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy argues on “First Person.”

From New York Times Dec. 22, 2022

That fall in the false warmth of a Brooklyn Indian summer, Katie sat on the stoop and held her sickly baby against the bigness which was another child soon to be born.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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