the Big Three

Cultural  

1. In the American automobile industry, the three largest manufacturers: General Motors, Ford, and Daimler-Chrysler.

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Example Sentences

Hamilton has lagged behind Leclerc all weekend but he got to within 0.162secs in the final session to take up the final place among the big three teams.

From BBC

The hirsute libertarian, using leverage from his midterm elections triumph in October, just massaged labor reform legislation through Congress, delivering one of the Big Three structural reforms on markets’ wish list.

From Barron's

Spain is represented in the last 16 by the big three of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, while Bayern and Bayer Leverkusen remain from Germany.

From Barron's

Australia's fast-bowling depth behind the big three of Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc looks strong in red-ball cricket.

From BBC

NBC announcing team Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir dubbed the trio of medal contenders “the big three,” but the skaters workshopped their own nickname after nationals.

From Los Angeles Times