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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Founded in the gold rush era, the company built glass for Edison's light bulbs in the late 1870s, and over the following decades moved into Pyrex cookware, car filters, spacecraft windows, TV screens and vials for Covid vaccines.
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Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
None of those leads panned out until 1902 when new evidence placed the fugitive in Nome, Alaska, part of Klondike gold rush.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
Then, the following year brought a gold rush of success to the Bay Area.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Most LPs will sit this out, distracted by Bitcoin’s volatility theatrics and the AI gold rush.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
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Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
None of those leads panned out until 1902 when new evidence placed the fugitive in Nome, Alaska, part of Klondike gold rush.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
Then, the following year brought a gold rush of success to the Bay Area.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Most LPs will sit this out, distracted by Bitcoin’s volatility theatrics and the AI gold rush.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for gold rush
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“Gold rush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gold%20rush. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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