gold mine

noun

Definition of gold minenext
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 The death toll from the collapse of an informal gold mine in a remote area of Sudan has risen to 82, according to local officials and activists, as rescuers struggled on Wednesday to search for the missing with limited equipment. — Yasir Abdallah, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 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 The Paramount Pictures movie was an international smash, leading to a multi-film gold mine that is among the highest-grossing franchises in Hollywood history. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gold mine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gold mine
  1. treasure trove
  2. repository
  3. mother lode
  4. mine
Noun
  • This is overseen by Frédéric Bourdelier, director of heritage and patrimony at Parfums Christian Dior, who pulled out museum-grade boxes to show samples from the treasure trove.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • That hasn’t stopped him from wanting to grow his treasure trove, though.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of treasure trove
Noun
  • That's more in line with tasks that use multipage documents, code repositories, or scientific datasets.
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps the biggest vote of confidence has been Nvidia’s acquisition of Hugging Face, a repository of open-source AI models that has become as integral to developers’ processes as GitHub.
    — Kevin Cochrane, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of repository
Noun
  • The hustling spirit of the gold rush lives on today in the prospecting influencers who toil in the content mines of the Internet, hoping to hit the viral mother lode.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of mother lode
Noun
  • If my partner’s former view of mattresses was distinctly masculine in origin, perhaps mine is uniquely feminine.
    — Jaklin Romine Oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • For example, largely because of the environmental disaster that is Weikuang Dam, the country doesn’t permit the development or operation of stand-alone monazite mines—that is, mines where nothing is mined except monazite ore.
    — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2026
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“Gold mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gold%20mine. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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