Golconda

noun

Definition of Golcondanext
as in gravy train

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  1. gravy train
  2. bonanza
  3. stash
  4. hoard
  5. armory
  6. storehouse
  7. cache
  8. repository
Noun
  • The gravy train College is huge business: a hundreds-of-billions machine with donations of $58B last year alone.
    thehustle.co, thehustle.co, 25 Oct. 2024
  • This just-okay kids’ film — the sort trying to capitalize on the Harry Potter gravy train way after the fact — is set in the 1950s as a boy, Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), is sent to live with his eccentric uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) after his parents’ tragic death.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of gravy train
Noun
  • This week could also reveal whether AFM’s move to Vegas after a decades-long stint in Santa Monica will be bonanza or bust.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Jump to the deals For those unaware, Amazon Prime Day is a multi-day sales bonanza happening from Tuesday, July 16, to Wednesday, July 17, that anyone with an Amazon Prime membership can take advantage of—no coupon needed.
    Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 15 July 2024
Definition of bonanza
Noun
  • An outer stash pocket stores wet skins, a helmet, or other quick-access items while keeping them out of the way of diagonal ski and vertical board carry.
    Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Legend says the outlaw Butch Cassidy hid vast stashes of loot across the West.
    Ethan Blevins, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of stash
Noun
  • The cash hoard has grown as Berkshire pared down stakes in key holdings such as Apple and Bank of America .
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
  • This cash hoard provides flexibility to take advantage of opportunities, including repurchasing its stock if the price declines to attractive levels.
    Bill Stone, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of hoard
Noun
  • Fortunately, Joe and the band of gray guys were successful in crossing the border into Mexico without their armory being detected, taking out a cartel patrol, and quickly tac-ing up.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 Oct. 2024
  • The acquisition expanded the range of data and software Privateer has in its armory, enabling the company to combine different sources, such as images and radar, to analyze everything from sub-sea to Earth orbit.
    Allison Beck, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Definition of armory
Noun
  • The properties include the former powerhouse and storehouse of the hospital campus and the home of the IMPD Mounted Patrol, which will be vacated soon, DMD officials said in the request.
    Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The city was home to storehouses filled with grain exported from Egypt and North Africa during the reign of emperor Augustus (31 BCE to 14 CE).
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of storehouse
Noun
  • In April 2016, a contractor on NSSF’s voter education project delivered a large cache of data to Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm credited with playing a key role in Trump’s narrow victory that year.
    Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
  • His case was dismissed in dramatic fashion on July 12, when the defense uncovered a cache of bullets that had not been turned over to Baldwin’s team before the trial.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of cache
Noun
  • Data Storage At the foundation of any robust CDP is a centralized repository for all customer data, both structured and unstructured.
    Greg Kihlstrom, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Taken together, the research of the Pickfords, plus their share of the Risdon Beazley archive, may constitute one of the most valuable repositories of treasure information in the world.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of repository
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