mother lode

Example Sentences

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“Grey’s Anatomy,” renewed for a 21st season on ABC, has 430 episodes, making it a binge-viewing mother lode.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024

Negro League stats accumulated and published by MLB today differ slightly from those on Baseball-Reference.com, the widely recognized mother lode of statistical information.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

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

A 21-year-old National Guard airman, Jack Teixeira, allegedly used the online platform to post a mother lode of secret documents.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

Out in those fields, he used to talk about finding the mother lode, though: a mason jar of old money.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt