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lode

[lohd] / loʊd /
NOUN
ore deposit
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


NOUN
deposit
Synonyms


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“In addition, a new mineralized structure has been discovered west of Waihi’s Golden Pole lode further highlighting the exploration upside, opening up another promising zone for follow-up drilling, and potential resource growth,” Euroz Hartleys says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Two-thousand-five-hundred miles west of Dodger Stadium was a mother lode of Dodgers memorabilia.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

“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

For most of the history of mining, the origin story of a mineral lode was beside the point.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 1, 2023

We were thrown against the cabin door, which the steward had warned us not to lode because it might become jammed.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor




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