How to Use the next big thing in a Sentence

the next big thing

noun
  • That’s my guess of what the next big thing is going to be.
    IEEE Spectrum, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Maybe the metaverse isn't the next big thing after all.
    Joel Mathis, The Week, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Murray: So what’s the next big thing to come from Amazon?
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Will this be the next big thing the way fashion people wear their coats sans sleeves?
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Sep. 2023
  • These days, there’s ample talk in the streets about what’s going to be the next big thing in denim.
    Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Henk Rogers is always looking for the next big thing, no matter the cost.
    Gene Park, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • But the 32-year-old East New York native isn't feeling the pressure of finding the next big thing, thanks in large part to Dre.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The show, judged by Nicki Nicole and Rauw Alejandro, sought after the next big thing in reggeatón.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
  • As with any wine region, the best way to find the next big thing in Napa is to visit frequently and taste.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2023
  • But sometimes, the next big thing is right under your nose, and, in this case, simply bigger.
    Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The clip created enough hype that some were dubbing That Mexican OT the next big thing in hip-hop.
    Jaime Falcón, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The problem for some VCs, as is always the case in venture, is what happens if their big bets don’t turn into the next big thing.
    Anne Sraders, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
  • So, the next big thing will be the jury's decision on how much Trump would have to pay E. Jean Carroll, so that'll be the next big legal thing.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Petermann Glacier is, in the context of climate change, the next big thing that our greenhouse gas emissions may break.
    Chris Mooney, Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2023
  • There are also those who like to push the envelope and create the next big thing, sometimes taking big risks in order to do so.
    Expert Panel, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Apple touts the $3,499 Vision Pro, arriving on Friday, as the next big thing after the smartphone.
    Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Kacey Musgraves and Reese Witherspoon are looking for the next big thing in country music!
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Dan Gallagher writes about what might be the next big thing in the consumer electronics industry—AI in your pocket.
    Heard Editors, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The company that, say, makes your dishwasher or manufactures your car could be the next big thing in GenAI.
    François Candelon, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Our teams are more engaged, more inspired and investing time in educating themselves and their peers on the next big thing.
    Drew Cashmore, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • For a city built on gambling and then renewed through constant evolutions, professional sports is the next big thing.
    Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Now that the company has finally revealed what the platform is capable of, the race is on for Apple and developers to try and make the next big thing.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 5 June 2023
  • The patience of Alonso, the Bayer Leverkusen manager, says a lot about him, and just as much about a sport perpetually chasing the next big thing.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • This period of searching and self-doubt presented an opening for venture firms to declare defense tech the next big thing.
    Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Every country fan and music connoisseur knows that Mickey Guyton is the next big thing in country music.
    Maggie Horton, Country Living, 27 Aug. 2023
  • And at the same time, try to expand into new ideas, new markets, whatever is the next big thing, maybe app chains, multi-chain, multi-region, in any number of these sort of expansions.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Chaudhri is one of a number of former Apple employees at the company, and Humane has played up that connection in positioning the Pin as the next big thing.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2023
  • However, rather than silk or ornate goblets, May’s photos feature obsolete technology thrown to the side in the pursuit of the next big thing.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2023
  • This is how European soccer used to look, and used to feel — a welcome blast of nostalgia in a competition that has an obsession with modernity, with the future, with the next big thing.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Bloomberg / Contributor / Getty Images The burgeoning cloud gaming industry could be the next big thing for video games.
    Theara Coleman, The Week, 8 June 2023

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