treasure trove

as in gold mine
an abundant source the ancient city, having been almost perfectly preserved under volcanic ash for nearly 2,000 years, is proving to be a treasure trove of archaeological information

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Recent Examples of treasure trove Joy Behar's famously (and notoriously) interruptive cell phone apparently also contains a treasure trove of celebrity secrets, as one stranger found out upon finding the device after the comedian previously lost it. EW.com, 17 Jan. 2025 Macy Eleni is a stylist, digital creator, and author of Second Chances: The Ultimate Guide to Thrifting, known for her thrift-toks and finding treasure troves of vintage in LA’s estate sales. Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2025 To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the museum is putting on a new exhibition featuring a treasure trove of rare artifacts. Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025 The experimentalists are amassing a treasure trove of data for theorists to explain. Charlie Wood, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for treasure trove 
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Noun
  • Among its holdings is Pan American Silver; among Pan American’s assets is that gold mine in the Brazilian forest.
    William Baldwin, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Hopper also tells me about Emma Grace Lowe, another early owner of the Rapids Roadhouse who was one of the few women operating a profitable gold mine in Alaska.
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There are over one million open-source models freely available on the Hugging Face open-source repository.
    Tom Wheeler, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
  • It has been posted on the paper repository site arXiv.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There are nearly 1,600 types of beans alone in this mother lode called The Exchange, each with its own story of human connection.
    Margaret Roach, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • But recently, the Leawood resident (a scientific illustrator by trade) struck the mother lode.
    Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Sketchers and similar brands remind me of Keds except all of mine are slip-ons.
    Judy Holmes, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Arrowhead also brought some pretty huge buffs for all kinds of mines to the table.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025

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“Treasure trove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treasure%20trove. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.

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