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gold mine

NOUN
rich source
Synonyms
WEAK
Eldorado Golconda bonanza cash cow golden goose goose that laid the golden egg gravy train license to print money mother lode rich lode source of supply vein very profitable venture

Example Sentences

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Are the Dodgers baseball’s version of a gold mine?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

It was in 1901 that British businessman William Knox D’Arcy, flush with cash from developing an Australian gold mine, heard about a fortune to be made in Iranian oil.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Thomas Kaplan is pushing ahead on what he’s dubbed America’s gold mine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Now, the site has been transformed into South Africa’s first new underground gold mine in more than 15 years, part of a global rush to boost production of a metal trading at record prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

And whatever the next words were: “The time I had to escape from Moscow?” or “The time I lost an Alaskan gold mine, worth a fortune?” or “The cattle stampede on the pampas?,”

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.