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
In-person or online support groups can be a gold mine of knowledge and friendship.
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Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
The Lost Dutchman The Lost Dutchman Mine is one of Arizona's most enduring legends, centered around a fabled gold mine supposedly hidden in the Superstition Mountains.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Both sides have been fighting mercilessly over Sudanese gold mines.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
The research team collected 138 needle samples from 23 spruce trees growing near the Kittilä gold mine in Northern Finland.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
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Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
The Lost Dutchman The Lost Dutchman Mine is one of Arizona's most enduring legends, centered around a fabled gold mine supposedly hidden in the Superstition Mountains.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Both sides have been fighting mercilessly over Sudanese gold mines.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
The research team collected 138 needle samples from 23 spruce trees growing near the Kittilä gold mine in Northern Finland.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gold mine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gold mine
Noun
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The Rockefellers have amassed quite a treasure trove of opulent jewels over the decades (and beautiful homes to boot).—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
31 Oct. 2025
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Social media creators, in particular, represent a treasure trove for AI companies thanks to their vast archives of video content, both published and unpublished.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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How the agent works Aardvark continuously monitors source code repositories, analyzing commits, scanning for vulnerabilities, and prioritizing which ones matter most.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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But as years went by — and when money piled up in the NWF without the development of a repository — the fee wound up in court.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 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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Blueberries contain a mother lode of micronutrients, including Vitamins B6, C and K, along with manganese, antioxidant pigments and phytochemicals attributed to ratcheting up long-term memory and cognitive processing.—
Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
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Howard’s literature classes, like mine at roughly the same time, had yet to be overtaken by critical theory, but were under the sway of what was called New Criticism.—
Michael Gorra,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Recently, Swift has been seen pairing the old mine cut ring with fall ensembles.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Gold mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gold%20mine. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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