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cornucopia

[kawr-nuh-koh-pee-uh, -nyuh-] / ˌkɔr nəˈkoʊ pi ə, -njə- /










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The cornucopia of debt has often been longer-term, sometimes issued by companies with higher ratings than the U.S. government.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

Nobody wants to order mozzarella sticks anymore, they want the adventure of finding the best secret combo of mozzarella sticks dipped into various sauces in the cornucopia of a Chili’s Triple Dipper.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

Gorgeously produced with a cornucopia of photos and movie stills, this tome clocks in at 501 pages and answers almost every question you ever had about the legendary filmmaker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

It requires little effort to arrange the group’s most unhinged statements into a cornucopia of lunacy, surpassed in recent memory only by the tinfoil conspiracism of QAnon.

From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2026

He held a cornucopia in one hand and a drinking vessel in the other, and had vine leaves in his hair and a swinging tunic to show he was dancing.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

And out of the animals’ mouths, like cornucopias, flow gleaming vines, leaves and bunches of grapes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025

The great Medfly cafeterias of the Central Valley and the Imperial Valley, the fecund cornucopias of the nation, lay vulnerable — but arguably out of reach, Brown calculated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

American Thanksgiving conjures images of ginormous turkey legs and cornucopias spilling with grapes, gourds, and multi-colored corn.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2021

In their place, laptops — especially MacBooks, with their glowing white Apples — have displaced them as cornucopias of timbre and texture.

From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2010

His memory was short; already human beings were back on their rightful pedestals, cornucopias of dog food in their hands.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford




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