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as in repository
an abundant source even to the computer-addicted children, the old-fashioned toy chest was a cornucopia of delights

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as in horn
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container a cornucopia filled with fruits and vegetables in celebration of the harvest

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Recent Examples of cornucopia Grand Marais, Minnesota When to see peak fall foliage: Mid-September to early October The crown jewel of Lake Superior’s North Shore, this small town is the ultimate fall cornucopia—overflowing with delicious things to eat, see, buy, and do. Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025 On the other is a cornucopia flanked by stars with a stamp of her name, a common symbol of prosperity and fertility in antiquity. Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025 Gimlet’s offices were all start-up pizzazz — designer furniture, gleaming cutting-edge equipment, break rooms stocked with free sparkling water and a cornucopia of snacks. Eric Benson, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025 Isn’t American cuisine also a cornucopia and a work in constant progress? Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cornucopia
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Noun
  • The newest systems transcend the limitations of simple FAQ repositories.
    Karpagam Narayanan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Farther east, the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang became a repository of documents, art, and sacred texts.
    Maria Papadouris, JSTOR Daily, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • An optimal management portfolio integrates systems thinking for ecosystemic coherence, exponential thinking for strategic foresight, abundance thinking for post-scarcity paradigms and design thinking for human-centric innovation.
    Ingrid Vasiliu Feltes, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Still, while there's not an abundance of precedents, Bespoke Investment Group reminds us that in the past when the Fed has cut rates after a long pause with equity indexes near a record, the forward-looking stock returns have been better-than-average.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • The entire group quickly fled once a car horn blared outside.
    Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • When the logs were open, officials discovered five pieces of rhino horn hidden inside, according to the post.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Just as revolutionary was the soundtrack, a wellspring of classics with zero skips.
    Jamal Michel, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
  • No place on earth better suits the talents and requirements of electric vehicles: considerable wealth, perfect weather, evolved infrastructure, and the wellspring of the world’s technocratic culture.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The loitering munition systems empowers the warfighter with quick and easy deployment via tube-launch, and the capability to fly, track and engage non-line-of-sight targets and armored vehicles with precision lethal effects without the need for external ISR or fires assets.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Some include the Madrid train bombings, where 193 died in 2004, the 2005 London tube bombings with 56 dead, and an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester where 23 were killed in 2017.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • Fast-forward to 2026, where RMN has gone beyond a source of driving revenue three years ago, to evolving into a retail media ecosystem that’s become a brand-building, partnership-attracting, and analytics gold mine.
    Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The next gold mine won’t be found in algorithms or automation alone, but in the uniquely human qualities that cannot be coded.
    Paul Hudson, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
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  • That kind of philanthropy is unusual in an age when many billionaires flaunt their wealth with mega-yachts and Wall Street firms work to extract profits from their investments.
    David Gelles, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This will lead to market meltdowns and cascading economic hardship as global wealth implodes.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • Diving into this treasure trove of unseen performances, working with the editor Jonathan Redmond, Luhrmann has fashioned a streamlined and exquisitely paced concert film.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The new multidisciplinary platform is a treasure trove of information and includes a comprehensive, accredited training program, the Perimenopause Certificate.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Cornucopia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornucopia. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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