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 Readers say: The book is a treasure trove of knowledge and author Ron Lieber shared many details about paying for college that some readers hadn’t even known about. Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024 The Fat Robin is chock-full of holiday décor and gifts; the Echo Shop is always a treasure trove of great deals, and sales benefit the needy. Debby Rice, The Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2024 The yellowing paperwork and fraying black-and-white photos created a historic treasure trove — one the brothers donated recently to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., a national tribute to the victims of World War II’s genocide. Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2024 Some may call it trash TV, but one person's trash is another's treasure trove of binge-watching. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for treasure trove 
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Noun
  • That’s because the company could be sitting on a gold mine.
    Daniel Wine, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Areas like crypto investing and business AI integration are a gold mine.
    Tom Noh, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Model Context Protocol, as its name implies, defines how to connect existing data sources such as file systems, relational databases, code repositories and almost anything else to LLMs and agents.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • No additional details about the robotic arm study are available yet on Neuralink’s website or clinicaltrials.gov, an online repository of medical studies involving human participants.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Related article Parents are up against the ‘mother lode’ of holiday stress.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
  • 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.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • But underneath is a story that swims in darker waters and mines deeper truths.
    Robert Lang, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
  • But there's so much of my relationship people don’t see, that's just mine.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024

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“Treasure trove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treasure%20trove. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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