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Big Tech¹

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Compound of big + tech (“technology”), by analogy with Big Pharma, Big Oil, etc.

noun big tech

  1. derogatory, informal, sometimes, uncountable The largest, most dominant, and most prestigious companies in the information technology industry of the United States. The lawsuits, filed in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, underscore the growing bipartisan and international tsunami against Big Tech.

big tech²

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  1. alternative, uncountable Alternative form of Big Tech The demise of “de minimis”, as the exemption is known, is the latest, symbolic reminder to digital darlings that frontiers exist—and that business models built on their absence are in need of a rethink.

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@misc{big_tech_2026,
  title = {big tech},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/big%20tech},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}