as in gold mine
an abundant source
the university has long been a mother lode of athletic talent, with many alumni joining the rarefied ranks of the professionals
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Recent Examples of mother lode
Game shows have always been about making a deal, but this was the mother lode!
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Lindsay Soll, EW.com, 25 July 2025
And in another kind of desert, the Tatacoa in Colombia, two bare-bones museums hold a mother lode of 10 million-year-old fossils for study.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Mar. 2025
Considering how much Italy is growing in terms of national branding, accessing the mother lode of tourism could be a great opportunity for foreign investors interested in Italy.
—Andrea Pietrini, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
There are nearly 1,600 types of beans alone in this mother lode called The Exchange, each with its own story of human connection.
—Margaret Roach, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Lindsay Soll, EW.com, 25 July 2025
And in another kind of desert, the Tatacoa in Colombia, two bare-bones museums hold a mother lode of 10 million-year-old fossils for study.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Mar. 2025
Considering how much Italy is growing in terms of national branding, accessing the mother lode of tourism could be a great opportunity for foreign investors interested in Italy.
—Andrea Pietrini, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
There are nearly 1,600 types of beans alone in this mother lode called The Exchange, each with its own story of human connection.
—Margaret Roach, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mother lode
Noun
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For 60-plus years, The Highlands resort has been a skiing sensation and a golf gold mine.—
Jess Hoffert,
Midwest Living,
9 May 2026
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At an event yesterday at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead—formerly the Homestake gold mine—project leaders and government supporters gathered to sign the first steel beam to be sent underground, beginning the construction of the facility’s detectors.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
8 May 2026
Noun
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But, for those with a vision and a willingness to put in a little bit of elbow grease, a flea market can be a treasure trove of solid brass, bronze, and glass hardware.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
8 May 2026
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The secondhand shops of Nakano Broadway are treasure troves of vintage kimono.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
2 May 2026
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It will be posted online in mid-2026 to Indiana University’s scholarship repository.—
Nausheena Hussain,
The Conversation,
5 May 2026
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The findings are described in a paper on the arXiv pre-print paper repository.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
4 May 2026
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“Mother lode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mother%20lode. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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