gold rush
noun
1
: a rush to newly discovered goldfields in pursuit of riches
2
: the headlong pursuit of sudden wealth in a new or lucrative field
Examples of gold rush in a Sentence
the California gold rush of 1849
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But California’s gold rush era is the source of many great ghost stories—and ghost towns.
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
Goldman commodities strategist Thomas drew a comparison between today’s gold rush and that of the 1970s.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Geopolitics is fueling this new gold rush.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Before Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company, before its CEO, Jensen Huang, ascended to mononym fame, before the launch of ChatGPT sparked a gold rush for its chips, Tom Dalton was in the chipmaker’s stock.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
Goldman commodities strategist Thomas drew a comparison between today’s gold rush and that of the 1970s.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Geopolitics is fueling this new gold rush.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Before Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company, before its CEO, Jensen Huang, ascended to mononym fame, before the launch of ChatGPT sparked a gold rush for its chips, Tom Dalton was in the chipmaker’s stock.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Gold rush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gold%20rush. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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