WELLSPRINGS Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

wellsprings

noun

plural of wellspring

as in sources

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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an abundant source a gossip who is a wellspring of juicy information about the latest goings-on around town

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Noun

Club sources, speaking anonymously to protect relationships, say his influence has grown in the aftermath of those departures.

— Paul Taylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Production outside the Middle East ramped up Another significant adjustment during the Iran war was the ramp-up in oil production from unexpected sources.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

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Hospitals are major repositories of addictive substances that can also be crucial medical treatments.

— Alexandra Byrne, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026
This may mean that information on the capabilities and limitations of updates are delivered to all users via YouTube–like tutorials and new, highly effective AI prompts are shared and stored via GitHub-like knowledge repositories.

— Emelia S. Probasco, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The ministry described its copper resources as equivalent to several large copper mines and its gold resources as exceeding those of 10 large gold mines.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
More than 900,000 people have been displaced, while the region’s gold mines draw workers from a wide area.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Over the past decade, ctenophores have helped answer long-standing questions about fundamental biology, from how early nervous systems evolved to the origins of the mesmerizing phenomenon of bioluminescence.

— Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 16 Sep. 2026
Today, Paramount+’s prequel series Star Trek; Strange New Worlds has revived two of Majel’s roles, expanding both Chapel and Number One well beyond the social and cultural restraints of their mid-’60s origins.

— Scott Huver, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

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There are also military capabilities there, including air defenses and mines buried underground.

— Gabrielle Khoriaty, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

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