as in treasure trove
an abundant source
the estate sale promises to be a gold mine for antique dealers
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Recent Examples of gold mine
Ghana handed control of a gold mine to Engineers & Planners, the company owned by the brother of President John Dramani Mahama, placing a major industrial asset in domestic hands for the first time in the country’s modern mining industry.
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Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Tommy stepped into a gold mine.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
Come prepared to strike many a pose, because Hannah’s closet is an Instagram feed gold mine.
—Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 25 Mar. 2026
Sure, there’s always some folks out there who leave reviews without actually making the recipe, but true reviews are a gold mine.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
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Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Tommy stepped into a gold mine.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
Come prepared to strike many a pose, because Hannah’s closet is an Instagram feed gold mine.
—Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 25 Mar. 2026
Sure, there’s always some folks out there who leave reviews without actually making the recipe, but true reviews are a gold mine.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for gold mine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gold mine
Noun
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There’s a treasure trove of different linen pants on sale at Amazon, all varying widely in style.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2026
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Candles, Christmas décor, plants, throw pillows, lamps, and more make Taylor’s Mercantile a treasure trove of gifts–for others or yourself.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
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Malware deployed via seemingly innocent GitHub repositories and embedded in blockchains, where the malware will be stored forever (and increasingly difficult to root out as the chains grow), makes for an almost unstoppable technology.—
Jessica Klein,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2026
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In the summer of 2025, before killing Direct File, the federal government published most of the program’s source code on GitHub, an online repository.—
Binyamin Appelbaum,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Beyond mother lodes of oil or natural gas, ready cash can also be generated with diamond or gold mines, precious metals, and rare minerals.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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Happy Valentine’s Day card The vanity in the dressing room of the pop-up is the Easter egg mother lode, according to the Spotify reps, who encouraged us to look closely on it for clues.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
30 Sep. 2025
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One of them is an old college friend of mine, Dan Corry, an English economist, who, since 1982, has attended eleven successive World Cups.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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There’s been an explosion at the mine in Ceylon, and 200 people are dead.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Gold mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gold%20mine. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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