How to Use big money in a Sentence

big money

noun
  • The game changed to big money and all Chip wants to do is call plays and coach football.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Will the spinning wheel stop on big money or the joker?
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Aries March 21 – April 19 A big money move may be tempting to you now.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Their fans are quite eager to fork over big money to see them again.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2023
  • That’s when your big money players step up and take over.
    The Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The Dolphins are going to need to spend big money to keep free agent Christian Wilkins.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Big egos, big money, big tracks, and thanks to a certain Netflix show, big-time fan growth in the United States.
    Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Over time, that small difference can add up to big money.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Will the Pats commit big money to Mac after this season?
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Only the suckers are spending big money now—best to wait to see what works for others.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Promises have been made, big money promised and nothing.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
  • Butler knows the right people and has the access to collect big money to make a serious go of it.
    Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • McDaniel said the team wasn’t looking to spend big money on the tackle position in the first wave of free agency.
    David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Signing with a rival Gilmore’s 2016 season set him up to make big money in free agency.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Time and again, Moreno has spent big money on big names and been ultimately left with nothing.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • So there were a lot more women producing in the ’20s, running small studios, and when the big money came in, women went out.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
  • The Dolphins likely won’t be in contention for any tight ends expected to get the franchise tag or big money.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2023
  • And the big-market fans responded and paid big money for the opportunity to cheer on this new-look team for the first time this season.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Sure, the big money probably won’t start flowing until the state’s mobile sportsbooks go live in the coming weeks.
    Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Google is coughing up big money to presumably feed its AI all the weird user posts Reddit has to offer.
    Kylie Robison, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
  • There's another chance to win big money – $720 million – through the Mega Millions on Friday.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
  • Let the fools throw big money at players whose brilliance will never outlast their contract.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The ruling opened the door for college athletes at the big money sports to start getting money from use of their name, image and likeness, or NIL, in endorsement deals.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Federal law requires at least one of either kind of nurse in the building at all times, so filling most of those hours with the cheaper option can save big money.
    Jayme Fraser, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Those players are on big money contracts which alienates the majority of the European market to come in for them.
    Liam Canning, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • With most major sports teams now worth billions of dollars, very few entire leagues for sale, and the value of media rights deals exploding, there is big money at stake.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The story prompted an avalanche of social media posts about fans paying big money to watch stars only to learn the star or stars won’t play that particular night.
    oregonlive, 16 Feb. 2023
  • But music continues to be one of Miley’s big money-makers.
    Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But with many of the game’s top backs doing their best work in the first four to five years of their careers, teams have been reluctant to invest big money in the position beyond rookie contracts.
    Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
  • From January to March, big money is spent on hotels, limousines, restaurants and tourism.
    Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023

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