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bigfoot

noun

ˈbig-ˌfu̇t

Definition of bigfoot

as in heavyweight

one of high position or importance within a group a bigfoot in the field of genetics

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Recent Examples of bigfoot The freaky happenings in this seemingly antiseptic city include clashes with werewolves, bigfoot, aliens, ghosts, mummies, alternate dimensions, vengeful tornados, and Elvis! — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2026 His next experience with two juvenile Bigfoots, while fishing on the Cumberland River between Nashville and Ashland City in 1999, would change the way Denton viewed the creatures forever. — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025 But the fun highlight that’s really taken off in the last couple of years is the Celebrity Mayor Grape Stomp, which features many of the political bigfoots in Santa Clara County. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 22 July 2025 The Irish Independent reported that the pair met in 2018 on the set of The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot, but didn’t begin dating until 2019. — Nicole Briese, People.com, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for bigfoot

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Nvidia, Google, Microsoft, and other tech heavyweights have collaborated to sketch a new electrical architecture for them, with a different kind of transformer facing the grid, and a small industry has formed to build it.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
He’s held mitts for world champions, for Olympic heavyweights, and for too many professionals to count in 30-something years of boxing.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of heavyweight

Noun

These days her Halloween costumes are often elaborate and prosthetic-heavy.

— Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
That also suggests the league accepts, or at least tolerates, the flag-heavy officiating that has come to define the early months of the season.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of heavy

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Included are more than 40 complete outfits, the lion’s share of which were donated by her daughter Cornelia and are being preserved by SCAD Fash as part of its permanent archive.

— Ari Stark, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
Hinds’ voice returns at the end to ask as the iconic lion, Aslan (who will be voiced by Meryl Streep), is formed out of some sort of cosmic dust to roar.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

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