CORNUCOPIAS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

cornucopias

noun

plural of cornucopia

as in repositories

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 horns

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 cornucopias The Sagrada Familia fuses the universal language of nature — trees, birds, reptiles, cornucopias of fruit — with scenes from Christ's life. — ABC News, 9 June 2026 Come summer, colorful cornucopias of tomatoes, okra, squash, peppers, and more, are ripe for the picking. — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 22 May 2026

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Noun

Today, this information often exists across procurement systems, KYC platforms, compliance applications, risk systems and contract repositories.

— Krupesh Bhat, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
The off-kilter production elements often function as repositories for the turmoil that Hakim’s relaxed singing and unshowy playing belie.

— Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

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As energy continually ramps upward, the score by Maxim Lany and Jonas Nuttin moves from ominous horns to pulsing electronica, with some neat incorporation of prayer-call-like motifs underlining the hero’s Muslim faith.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026
After the Mexican secured his podium atop Alpe d’Huez on Saturday, Pogačar pointed his fingers upwards on either side of his head to make horns — Del Toro, the bull.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026

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Behind the story Ituri, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is a remote province of forests, green hills and gold mines where weak state institutions and decades of armed conflict have displaced nearly 900,000 people.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 July 2026
Streptomyces are bacteria that live in soil and are known as gold mines for antibiotic molecule discovery.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026

Definition of gold mines

Noun

Much of it manifests in Chinese firms acquiring existing assets, such as power distributors and mines rather than the Chinese government spending on new megaproject construction.

— Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2026
By contrast, China’s mines produced 67,000 metric tons of tungsten in each of those years, accounting for almost 80 percent of global production.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2026

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