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Examples of gold mine in a Sentence
The library is a gold mine of information.
the estate sale promises to be a gold mine for antique dealers
Recent Examples on the Web
To Kreiz, Mattel’s intellectual property was a gold mine.
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Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
This is a gold mine if employers in your field value creativity.
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Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 26 Jan. 2024
In Darfur, his forces took over the region’s artisanal gold mines, defeating rival commanders.
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Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 27 Apr. 2023
That left what Thompson calls an untapped gold mine of rising basketball talent in Baltimore that filled area college rosters.
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Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1605, in the meaning defined above
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“Gold mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gold%20mine. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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