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Definitions

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

“That data is the gold mine of our business,” Bron says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

A scarcity-based business model, where a luxury company deliberately produces less than the market demands, can be a gold mine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Bethlehem Steel was a gold mine in a time flush with poverty, especially for black families from the South.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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