golden ticket
noun
plural golden tickets
: an extremely valuable opportunity or means of access to something desired
Back in 2005, the little-known playwright Glen Berger snagged a golden ticket of a job: writing the script for a Spider-Man musical directed by the MacArthur-certified genius Julie Taymor (The Lion King), with a score by U2's Bono and the Edge.—
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Thom GeierThe bachelor's degree, he thinks, is the golden ticket that makes a career and everything else possible.—Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank… everyone I fight, I am their golden ticket because they know if they can beat me, they will make a name for themselves and go on to bigger and better things.—James Degale
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Traditional degrees are no longer the golden ticket to career success.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
There was a time when a degree from Harvard Business School (HBS), my alma mater, was a golden ticket to immediate and lucrative employment.
—Dennis McCarthy, National Review, 9 Feb. 2025
For these 11 singers, American Idol seemed like a golden ticket to their dreams, except they were rejected.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Coding boot camps once looked like the golden ticket to an economically secure future.
—Mike Isaac, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
There was a time when a degree from Harvard Business School (HBS), my alma mater, was a golden ticket to immediate and lucrative employment.
—Dennis McCarthy, National Review, 9 Feb. 2025
For these 11 singers, American Idol seemed like a golden ticket to their dreams, except they were rejected.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Coding boot camps once looked like the golden ticket to an economically secure future.
—Mike Isaac, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Golden ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golden%20ticket. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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