cornucopias

plural of cornucopia
1
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
  • In the normal course of performing day-to-day activities, these assistants and agents routinely pull code and other resources from repositories and registries.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
  • Human resource systems, learning platforms, credential repositories, and talent management tools generate continuous streams of data across the enterprise.
    Michael Edmondson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • The scene was both serious and strange — after all, this was Vegas and a member of the Satanic temple with black devil horns affixed to the top of his head was waiting for his turn on the microphone.
    Candace Buckner, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • The animal charged toward the visitor, chased him back and forth through a patch of trees, and, ultimately, struck the man with its horns, launching and flipping him over.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • Streptomyces are bacteria that live in soil and are known as gold mines for antibiotic molecule discovery.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
  • Men frequently went to work in the country's booming gold mines.
    Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • There are also slots for glow-in-dark tritium tubes, but the tubes themselves are sold separately.
    Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 15 July 2026
  • When force is applied, the pillar tilts toward the point of contact, compressing the corresponding chamber and pushing fluid through soft tubes to actuators.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • Set in and around the heart of bourbon country, the series mines explosive comedy from ideological collision and dysfunctional family loyalty.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 13 July 2026
  • Chinese firms own or hold stakes in 15 of DR Congo’s largest copper and cobalt mines, including CMOC’s Tenke Fungurume and Kisanfu, two of the world’s biggest cobalt operations.
    Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 13 July 2026

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“Cornucopias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornucopias. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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