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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Southwest Florida is a treasure trove of natural wonders.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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Small Vases and Vessels Flea markets are treasure troves for tiny vases and vessels.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
25 Apr. 2026
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Over the past decade, supply-chain attacks on open source repositories have become increasingly common.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Furthermore, these systems don’t learn from a vast repository of data that encompasses the visual world and all human artistic outputs.—
Ahmed Elgammal,
The Conversation,
27 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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The Democratic Republic of Congo will create a paramilitary unit to police its mines with funding from the US and United Arab Emirates, the country’s General Inspectorate of Mines said.—
Michael J Kavanagh,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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Iranian forces have laid mines and threatened commercial traffic in the narrow waterway.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Gold mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gold%20mine. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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