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.—

Thom Geier

The bachelor's degree, he thinks, is the golden ticket that makes a career and everything else possible.—

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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The package also showed popcorn, an apple with a pastry, a golden ticket and a church robe. —

Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024 And while there’s no such thing as a golden ticket in the startup game, for founders hoping to break into the tech business, earning a spot in GV’s portfolio can feel pretty close. —

Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2024 Think of it as the Willy Wonka golden ticket of prop tours. —

Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2024 Lotus But Geely's ownership of Lotus has not been quite the golden ticket some of us had hoped. —

Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for golden ticket