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as in source
a point or place at which something is invented or provided
the nation's colleges and universities were a wellspring for political activism and unrest
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as in repository
an abundant source
a gossip who is a wellspring of juicy information about the latest goings-on around town
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Recent Examples of wellspring
Perhaps my working life as a critic has conditioned me into such a response; the movies have long been not just my cultural sustenance but also a personal wellspring of sanity.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
The first biography of James Schuyler suggests that his tendency to withdraw was both a harbinger of his disabling mood disorder and the wellspring of his shimmering poetry.
—Langdon Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 30 Oct. 2025
And its representatives are talking a big game about making the country a wellspring of world-class AI companies.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Guadalajara challenges its moniker, Mexico’s second city, with a wellspring of the dazzling culture that has put this country on the top of so many international traveler’s lists.
—David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
The first biography of James Schuyler suggests that his tendency to withdraw was both a harbinger of his disabling mood disorder and the wellspring of his shimmering poetry.
—Langdon Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 30 Oct. 2025
And its representatives are talking a big game about making the country a wellspring of world-class AI companies.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Guadalajara challenges its moniker, Mexico’s second city, with a wellspring of the dazzling culture that has put this country on the top of so many international traveler’s lists.
—David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wellspring
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Transportation will determine whether White Stadium functions as a community asset or becomes a recurring source of congestion, neighborhood disruption, and political backlash.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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Earlier in the season, there was a minor controversy over whether the film’s changes to the source material — making its hero less explicitly racist and less complicit in the victimization of a Chinese laborer — sanded down the tale’s rough edges.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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La Brea Tar Pits is the richest Ice Age fossil site on Earth and a repository of millions of fossils, comprising hundreds of plant and animal species.—
Marianne Love,
Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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But for now, Road to Repair is just a plan—not a repository of funds ready to be allocated—to raise $100 million from private donors.—
Caleb Gayle,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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The installation is a large-scale wooden cradle, normally a symbol of safety and nurture.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026
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The device comes with a USB-C charging cradle and cable.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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To date, the Betts brothers have taken data from over 200 gold mines, tracking carbon emissions per ounce of gold produced, recycling statistics, percentage of local employment rates, percentage of profits going back into the community, and more.—
Jill Newman,
Robb Report,
1 Feb. 2026
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Is Mark Zuckerberg constructing a gold mine or a financial sinkhole?—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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But my next words slipped soundlessly to the ground before the yellow vinyl material, like the final sprays of a park fountain at closing time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Cotton Exchange has fanciful touches on the exterior, including faux columns and balustrades, and a fountain at the front of the building, dominated by a gryphon, a mythic creature that is part lion, part eagle.—
Jim Halley,
AJC.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Wellspring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wellspring. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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