Golconda

noun

Definition of Golcondanext
as in gravy train

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  1. gravy train
  2. bonanza
  3. stash
  4. hoard
  5. armory
  6. storehouse
  7. cache
  8. repository
Noun
  • In both cases, the assumption is the same—that theatergoers aren’t there for traditional superhero derring-do, only a cavalcade of Easter eggs and teases for upcoming installments to keep the Marvel gravy train running at full steam.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • At first, investors were throwing themselves at any opportunity to hop on the gravy train with the hope of cashing in big.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 25 June 2026
Definition of gravy train
Noun
  • Taken together, this one-two punch of planet-hunting means the Milky Way’s faraway bulge will be a data bonanza.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2026
  • That’s part of a black-market advertising bonanza on the social media site, where sellers are now hawking fake GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and experimental Chinese peptides alongside knockoff luxury handbags and sneakers.
    — Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of bonanza
Noun
  • Even when Danny and Frank suggest that Catherine killed Alden’s mother for her fentanyl stash, Alden sticks by her — and, in the episode’s final moments, hands Danny a flash drive with tons of incriminating information on it.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026
  • One Belgian student who struck gold this week while digging a sewer on a summer construction job, is now waiting to see who claims the stash, after an ordinary Tuesday morning on the job turned out to be anything but.
    — Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of stash
Noun
  • Hig captured their graffiti in the beginning of the film, and a hoard of them — covered in facepaint — attack both Cima and Pops’ camp as well as Bangley, who is left alone when Hig goes out to find Cima and Pops.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Further specialist analyses will help determine whether the Kojetín hoard had a comparable significance.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of hoard
Noun
  • Their armory is formidable; their cash supply, a source of comic relief.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Among his many murals are the Jackson 5 mural on Broadway in Gary and a Michigan City mural near the armory.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of armory
Noun
  • But another petitioner, Sylvi, brings a troubling complaint against King’s Landing’s highborn, who filled their storehouses while the city’s normies struggled to fill their dinner plates.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • Every book, conversation, documentary and memory adds to a personal storehouse of ideas.
    — Cheryl Russell, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2026
Definition of storehouse
Noun
  • Switzerland imagines Highsmith as a recluse in the Alps, closely guarding a cache of weapons and secrets after a lifetime spent writing mysteries.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Sign Up for Our Free Daily Newsletter NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory just dropped a new cache of photographs that capture the stunning beauty of different types of galaxies across the universe.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of cache
Noun
  • The goal isn’t to turn every person who reviews marketing materials into a complete repository of everything that could potentially offend someone.
    — Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Semafor’s methodology and reproducible analysis code can be found in a public GitHub repository here.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of repository
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