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Big three

The big three is a term used to refer to three large powers or companies. Big threes often result in oligopolitic economic conditions.

• Big three Powerss after World War II - United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union
• Big three leaders of the Allies during the World War II - Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin
• Big three American auto makers Ford, General Motors, Daimler-Chrysler
• Big three American broadcasting networks: CBS, NBC, ABC

"Big Three" is also used to refer to the "Big Three" universities at the beginning of the twentieth century: Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.

See also:

• "Little Three
• Big four
• Big five

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