mother lode
Example Sentences
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But it could be a mother lode for small and large local news outlets, providing $500 million a year to preserve and grow local newsrooms.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024
“What a mess we’ve created for ourselves,” said Emily Talen, a professor of urbanism at the University of Chicago who has studied zoning, or “the mother lode of city rules.”
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2023
TV stations continued to mine the mother lode of old movies.
From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2022
In addition to an array of interviews with celebrities, art curators, former associates and others, Rossi had access to a mother lode of resources from the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, the artist’s hometown.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2022
He took a peek into the bag—whoa—a fly mother lode!
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
