Big Three
Any group of three major or largest corporations in a given industry, especially when such a small group has oligopoly or near-oligopoly.
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BYD is the fastest growing brand in the UK for all cars, not just EVs. UK and EU have higher safety and emissions standards than the US. BYD isn't sold in the US because it will undermine the Big Three.
My big three? Stepback fadeaway, Corner three, finger roll layup.
Street Fighter was my first serious fighting game, but I always loved the lore of MK (I was a Sub-Zero main because of COURSE I was), and you're right! No 90s kid/teen escaped: X-Men Spiderman The Power Rangers Those…
Time to start one of the games I have been shown to try. Let's get atomic on this shit! | Live | - Going live on the big three! Twitch, YouTube. Tiktok.
I'm not even sure it's mismanagement. What were they going to do about it once the Big Three started hammering them with basic economy?
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Any group of three major or largest corporations in a given industry, especially when such a small group has oligopoly or near-oligopoly.
The Squat, Deadlift, and Bench Press are widely accepted to be the ‘Big Three’ powerlifting exercises by strength and conditioning experts.
“BYD is the fastest growing brand in the UK for all cars, not just EVs. UK and EU have higher safety and emissions standards than the US. BYD isn't sold in the US because it will undermine the Big Three.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“My big three? Stepback fadeaway, Corner three, finger roll layup.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Street Fighter was my first serious fighting game, but I always loved the lore of MK (I was a Sub-Zero main because of COURSE I was), and you're right! No 90s kid/teen escaped: X-Men Spiderman The Power Rangers Those were the big three in my neighborhood, at any rate!🧵)”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(economics) China, Japan and Korea, three major Asian economies.
“Time to start one of the games I have been shown to try. Let's get atomic on this shit! | Live | - Going live on the big three! Twitch, YouTube. Tiktok.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I'm not even sure it's mismanagement. What were they going to do about it once the Big Three started hammering them with basic economy?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“i know a skz song will inevitably end up being my most played of the year but it's going to be VERY impressive when it surpasses the voyager/dead man walking/mmchk big three”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(UK, WWII) The World War II military alliance consisting of the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Kingdom.
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