as in gold mine
an abundant source
the university has long been a mother lode of athletic talent, with many alumni joining the rarefied ranks of the professionals
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Recent Examples of mother lode
Brands briefly digs below the surface to question whether Lindbergh and Roosevelt were sincere, but further digging would have unearthed a mother lode of insincerities.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
From their inception, the Rockies have continually sought better pitching and seldom struck the mother lode.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Being kind and realistic with themselves, finding time to connect with friends and nature, and asking for help are all ways to help manage the mother lode of stresses parents are under.
—Kara Alaimo, CNN, 1 Sep. 2024
And while researchers have made huge gains in fostering a greater understanding of these majestic creatures in recent decades, the use of AI may have just cracked open the mother lode of all puzzles: thier language.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 7 June 2024
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
From their inception, the Rockies have continually sought better pitching and seldom struck the mother lode.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Being kind and realistic with themselves, finding time to connect with friends and nature, and asking for help are all ways to help manage the mother lode of stresses parents are under.
—Kara Alaimo, CNN, 1 Sep. 2024
And while researchers have made huge gains in fostering a greater understanding of these majestic creatures in recent decades, the use of AI may have just cracked open the mother lode of all puzzles: thier language.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 7 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mother lode
Noun
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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
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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
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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
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Euclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fields ESA.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
19 Mar. 2025
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The data was uploaded by the USDA’s National Veterinary Laboratory Services to a public access genetic repository known as GISAID.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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Roughly 89,000 metric tons of waste has accumulated at nuclear power plants in 35 states around the country because the federal government has not built a repository where waste from commercial reactors can go.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Mother lode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mother%20lode. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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