How to Use big science in a Sentence

big science

noun
  • The klystron helped usher in the era of big science in high-energy physics.
    IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2020
  • No wonder all the big science agencies have viewing facilities here.
    Tom Vanderbilt, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Rather than choose a class, players start off as Understaffed Workers, the future dino snacks working at the big science theme park for minimum wage.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Big science haul Hunting for impact flashes was one of many science tasks for the astronauts during their historic April 6 flyby.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 8 May 2026
  • Fred Loosen/Imec An unusual union of big tech and big science created Neuropixels, a fundamentally new technology for observing brains in action.
    IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2022

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