golden ticket

noun

plural golden tickets

: an extremely valuable opportunity or means of access to something desired

Back in 2005, the little-known playwright Glen Berger snagged a golden ticket of a job: writing the script for a Spider-Man musical directed by the MacArthur-certified genius Julie Taymor (The Lion King), with a score by U2's Bono and the Edge.—

Thom Geier

The bachelor's degree, he thinks, is the golden ticket that makes a career and everything else possible.—

Thomas Frank

… everyone I fight, I am their golden ticket because they know if they can beat me, they will make a name for themselves and go on to bigger and better things.—

James Degale

Examples of golden ticket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Lotus But Geely's ownership of Lotus has not been quite the golden ticket some of us had hoped. —

Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024 Here’s Where Aurora Borealis May Be Visible Tonight In return for their hefty investments, sponsors were given the golden ticket to prime advertising opportunities throughout the Games, with their brands splashed across millions of eyeballs. —

Ivan Guzenko, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024 Staff Pick: The buzzy new bachelor’s degree: AI Leila Register / NBC News Not long ago, a computer science degree was once seen as a golden ticket to high-paying tech jobs. —

Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 30 July 2024 Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, this year’s game requires one of seven golden tickets to enter. —

Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for golden ticket

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