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gravy train

NOUN
income obtained with minimal effort
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Remember, the term life gravy train doesn’t last forever.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025

A reputational gravy train is simply coming to an end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

On Wednesday, another name hopped on the AI gravy train.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

“If ‘emergence’ merely unlocks capabilities represented in pretraining data,” said Princeton professor Arvind Narayanan, “the gravy train will run out soon.”

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2023

But this gravy train was nearing the end of the line.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik