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as in repository
an abundant source even to the computer-addicted children, the old-fashioned toy chest was a cornucopia of delights

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as in horn
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container a cornucopia filled with fruits and vegetables in celebration of the harvest

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Recent Examples of cornucopia The entertainment industry offers up its own autumnal cornucopia of contrasts. Judy Berman, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024 The great minds of the future will offer a cornucopia of opinions regarding our downfall. arkansasonline.com, 5 Feb. 2025 Naturally, she was exposed to a cornucopia of different genres and sounds, inspiring her to make her own material. Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 24 Jan. 2025 But if one of your resolutions for 2025 is to disconnect more frequently from the cornucopia of information at your fingertips, encountering boredom may be an unexpected consequence. Andrea Kane, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cornucopia
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Noun
  • The Role Of A Cyber Information Center (CIC) Central to this transformation is the implementation of a CIC, a centralized cyber repository for collecting, analyzing and disseminating cyber risk data.
    Bob Ackerman, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Even if the funding to the Observatory is restored, the integrity of its data repository remains in question.
    JOHN HUDSON THE WASHINGTON POST, arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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  • This was done out of an abundance of caution and the safety of our customers remains our top priority.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Why the Chomps Beef Sticks Recall Was Issued This recall was initiated voluntarily by Idaho Smokehouse Partners, LLC, the manufacturer of Chomps beef sticks out of an abundance of caution after recieving two consumer complaints reporting pieces of metal in the product.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As some of his teammates embraced Wiggins on the court after the final horn, Butler dapped up a couple friends courtside and bolted for the locker room.
    Danny Emerman, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • With two foot-long horns protruding from either side of their heads, a large hump resting on their shoulders and folds of loose skin drooping from their neck, these aren’t your typical black-and-white milk carton dairy cows.
    Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2025
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  • The man from Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson, whom so many of us had questioned and mistrusted as vice president, surprised us with a wellspring of great social progress.
    Linda Chapin, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Talk to Me: Lessons From a Family Forged by History By Rich Benjamin Popular narratives in the United States often portray Haiti as impossibly foreign, a wellspring of disaster at odds with our own way of life.
    Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But the pontiff never required a tracheal tube to keep his airway open.
    Emma Bowman, NPR, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Schoonover says that his insurer refused to pay $8,000 for ear tubes to treat his one-year-old’s recurring ear infections—a treatment doctors said was medically necessary, but the insurer said was not.
    Alana Semuels, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
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  • New gold mines take over a decade to develop, and with exploration budgets tightening, supply growth is limited to about 1.5% annually [3].
    Bob Haber, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Park rangers are battling an Australian company that is seeking rare earth minerals in an old Mojave gold mine.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Working with a wealth advisor, estate attorney and accountant can provide structure and clarity.
    Larry Light, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • There’s no single path rich people follow to obtain their wealth.
    Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025
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  • For two-and-a-half years, curators from Cinémathèque Française and the Design Museum in London pored over a treasure trove of items locked away in Anderson’s storage facility in Kent, England to create the first museum exhibition of his work.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Euclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fields ESA.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025

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“Cornucopia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornucopia. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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