Words similar to big-name

Example sentences for: big-name

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It is hard to say precisely what all these big-name Democrats are doing on behalf of the tobacco companies.
(Not surprisingly, the least dismissive big-name child-care expert is a woman, Penelope Leach.)
The need to win private support may encourage a higher degree of artistic conservatism--too many performances of crowd pleasers like Tosca instead of works by 20 th century composers--and an overreliance on big-name superstars.
Praise for the idea behind director Robert Altman's six-episode dramatic series: Each installment has a different premise, a different big-name director (including Altman and James Foley), and different big-name actors (Rosanna Arquette and Carrie Fisher)--but the same prop: a pearl-handled semiautomatic.
Instead, I went to a big-name Ivy League university.