the big question
noun
: the thing everyone would like to know
The big question is, will he be number one in the football draft?
Examples of the big question in a Sentence
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And the big question is: Is everything real or not?
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Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 16 May 2024
Income tax revenue is the big question mark, Zaleski said.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2024
As for how much of each ingredient—well, that is the big question, and will greatly determine the character of the final drink.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 May 2024
But here’s the big question: How long can Green give Golden State this version of himself?
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
In terms of Moore’s Law, the big question is what technology the next generation of Gaudi, currently code-named Falcon Shores, will use.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Apr. 2024
And while the big question of how Damien came into the world was answered, so many other questions popped up for me as an Omen fan.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
Zweig said the big question facing U.S. Coast Guard personnel and other first responders is whether anyone could survive for several hours after their cars plummeted into Baltimore Harbor.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
On Thursday, the Federal Reserve chair testified to the Senate Banking Committee against the backdrop of his recent decision not to cut interest rates, the big question investors and homebuyers are asking.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 16 May 2024
Income tax revenue is the big question mark, Zaleski said.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2024
As for how much of each ingredient—well, that is the big question, and will greatly determine the character of the final drink.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 May 2024
But here’s the big question: How long can Green give Golden State this version of himself?
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
In terms of Moore’s Law, the big question is what technology the next generation of Gaudi, currently code-named Falcon Shores, will use.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Apr. 2024
And while the big question of how Damien came into the world was answered, so many other questions popped up for me as an Omen fan.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
Zweig said the big question facing U.S. Coast Guard personnel and other first responders is whether anyone could survive for several hours after their cars plummeted into Baltimore Harbor.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
On Thursday, the Federal Reserve chair testified to the Senate Banking Committee against the backdrop of his recent decision not to cut interest rates, the big question investors and homebuyers are asking.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
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