See last big thing on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2003, Time - Volume 162, page v:",
"text": "My nightstand, desktop, TiVo menu and mental to-do list are still full of last big things I never got around to— The Hulk, Friendster, hot yoga (or, for that matter, cold yoga)— and I'm paid to keep up with this stuff.",
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"ref": "2005, Eric Dolin, The Ph. D Survival Guide, →ISBN, page 19:",
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"ref": "2009, Alec Sharp, Patrick McDermott, Workflow Modeling: Tools for Process Improvement and Applications Development, →ISBN, page 4:",
"text": "We always, it seems, are provided with a glut of material on the next big thing and not enough on how to make the last big thing actually work.",
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"ref": "2011, Stephen Fried, Thing of Beauty, →ISBN, page 102:",
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},
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"ref": "2009, Alec Sharp, Patrick McDermott, Workflow Modeling: Tools for Process Improvement and Applications Development, →ISBN, page 4:",
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