Big Three
Top three powers
The Big Three refers to a dominant trio in any field—the three largest, most powerful, or most important entities.
Context determines which three: in American automotive history, the Big Three are Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler; in World War II diplomacy, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin; in basketball, a team's three star players.
The Big Three automakers sought government bailouts during the recession.
- ChurchillManitoba's northern port
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
- triumvirateThree-person ruling body
- Allied PowersCoalition against fascist aggressors
- FordMajor American automaker
Potsdam Conference · troika · Chrysler · Nadal · Federer · General Motors · Djokovic · leaders · Yalta Conference · conference table · Franklin D. Roosevelt · World War II · Ray Allen · Joseph Stalin · Detroit · WWII · GM · alliance
- DetroitDetroit, Detroit River, Motown, Detroit Tigers, Detroit Lions
- Boston SportsRed Sox, Celtics, Patriots, Fenway Park, Boston Garden
- consultingconsultant, strategy, consultants, consulting, advisory
- Legendary TeamsFab Four, Steel Curtain, Purple People Eaters, All Blacks
- automobilescar, truck, SUV, van, sedan
- manufacturingfactories, factory, car factory, assembly plants, electronics factory
Big Threeunderdogs
Competitors expected to fail
small fry · also-rans · bit players · minor league · bottom feeders
Big Threelittle guys
Powerless ordinary people
startups · independents · microenterprises · cottage industries
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