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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Despite inspiring enough cultish devotion to sell out this intimate show that evidently required fans to search for golden tickets, Happy Fanfare is still a decidedly small operation four years in.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
That dual fluency is becoming the golden ticket: grounded in risk and regulation, but unafraid of building toward what’s next.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
His golden ticket as the Rockies’ first-round pick in 2018 became a ride to nowhere.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 14 May 2025
Well, leave it to Disney to provide the golden ticket to a wondrous habitat few human observers have been able to access.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 22 Apr. 2025
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Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
That dual fluency is becoming the golden ticket: grounded in risk and regulation, but unafraid of building toward what’s next.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
His golden ticket as the Rockies’ first-round pick in 2018 became a ride to nowhere.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 14 May 2025
Well, leave it to Disney to provide the golden ticket to a wondrous habitat few human observers have been able to access.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for golden ticket
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“Golden ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golden%20ticket. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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