gold rush
noun
1
: a rush to newly discovered goldfields in pursuit of riches
2
: the headlong pursuit of sudden wealth in a new or lucrative field
Examples of gold rush in a Sentence
the California gold rush of 1849
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As companies rush headlong into the AI gold rush, many are finding that their proof-of-concept demos are colliding hard with the realities of practical implementation.
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Umesh Sachdev, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
This hawkish legal strategy indicates that a new phase of the GLP-1 gold rush has begun—a crackdown against any entity selling non-name-brand medications.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
In the late eighteenth century, Spanish missionaries introduced citrus and other crops to the region, and, after the gold rush, agriculture became a major industry.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Nvidia, widely viewed as the company selling the picks and shovels for the AI gold rush, has been the biggest beneficiary of the generative AI boom, which started with the public release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November 2022.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
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Umesh Sachdev, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
This hawkish legal strategy indicates that a new phase of the GLP-1 gold rush has begun—a crackdown against any entity selling non-name-brand medications.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
In the late eighteenth century, Spanish missionaries introduced citrus and other crops to the region, and, after the gold rush, agriculture became a major industry.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Nvidia, widely viewed as the company selling the picks and shovels for the AI gold rush, has been the biggest beneficiary of the generative AI boom, which started with the public release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November 2022.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Gold rush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gold%20rush. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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