the golden goose
noun
: something that is a very good source of money or business
The city's leaders don't want to do anything that could kill the golden goose of tourism.
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Gambling, which is feeding and keeping the golden goose afloat, could be sinking sports.
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Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026
California, home to Silicon Valley, shouldn’t scare off the golden goose.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 15 Jan. 2026
But chaos inevitably follows the golden goose.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
And that's like killing the golden goose.
—Alex Crippen, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
Will that kill the golden goose as more of us give up and go to watch lower league local football?
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
So, if the starting point is that the golden goose survives the scandal, what’s cooking for MasterChef’s future?
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 July 2025
Don’t drain the golden goose and cash out; pony up hard, and become the company that saved music.
—Jeff Rabhan, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
Climate change proved to be the golden goose for solar and wind energy that the technology’s fans had been seeking, unsuccessfully, for decades.
—Susan Shelley, Daily News, 3 May 2025
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Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026
California, home to Silicon Valley, shouldn’t scare off the golden goose.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 15 Jan. 2026
But chaos inevitably follows the golden goose.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
And that's like killing the golden goose.
—Alex Crippen, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
Will that kill the golden goose as more of us give up and go to watch lower league local football?
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
So, if the starting point is that the golden goose survives the scandal, what’s cooking for MasterChef’s future?
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 July 2025
Don’t drain the golden goose and cash out; pony up hard, and become the company that saved music.
—Jeff Rabhan, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
Climate change proved to be the golden goose for solar and wind energy that the technology’s fans had been seeking, unsuccessfully, for decades.
—Susan Shelley, Daily News, 3 May 2025
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“The golden goose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20golden%20goose. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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