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as in repository
an abundant source
even to the computer-addicted children, the old-fashioned toy chest was a cornucopia of delights
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as in abundance
an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs
the rabbits found a cornucopia of food in the vegetable garden
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Recent Examples of cornucopia
In addition to castles, the Highlands is home to a veritable cornucopia of mythological creatures, the most famous being Nessie of course.
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Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Author Sandra Mao provides a cornucopia of vegetables that will brighten up your garden and your salad plate.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
Flamingo Island Flea Market Just off I-75 awaits a cornucopia of vintage decor, houseplants, pottery, and other knick-knacks.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2026
Not spending too much time in it seems to help, which is very much possible given the cornucopia of amenities that developers are offering these days.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2025
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Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Author Sandra Mao provides a cornucopia of vegetables that will brighten up your garden and your salad plate.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
Flamingo Island Flea Market Just off I-75 awaits a cornucopia of vintage decor, houseplants, pottery, and other knick-knacks.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2026
Not spending too much time in it seems to help, which is very much possible given the cornucopia of amenities that developers are offering these days.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornucopia
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The Asadollahis headed toward Ward 209, a repository for political prisoners that’s run by Iran’s intelligence ministry.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The intent is to substantially alter the code and thus dodge Anthropic’s copyright takedowns, which have been removing the GitHub repositories over infringement.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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This year, the unusually warm weather in March, plant abundance and a healthy amount of prey were early signals to rattlesnakes to begin their activity.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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In Jewish tradition, the Talmud makes numerous references to pickled vegetables, particularly turnips, which symbolize abundance and endurance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Captain Gabriel Landeskog and Parker Kelly also added goals before the first-period horn sounded.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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From the start, players like Solo Ball, Alex Karaban, and even Mullins seemed ice cold, but kept battling until the final horn.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Brenda Shaughnessy is a poet who delves deeply into the imaginative wellspring of the multiverse for comfort and reckoning too.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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Shriver’s many strange enthusiasms have provided her with a wellspring of ideas, which in the past have produced highly topical novels—about school massacres, obesity, religion, and, yes, the national debt.—
Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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The graphics are a perfect facsimile of decades-old Weather Channel telecasts, complete with a crop fit for a tube TV.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026
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Once concerns for medical abuse were established, staff stopped tube feeds, though the tube was not removed before discharge.—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Are the Dodgers baseball’s version of a gold mine?—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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Come prepared to strike many a pose, because Hannah’s closet is an Instagram feed gold mine.—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
25 Mar. 2026
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Adept at separating the unseen from the seen, Lemann here chronicles his family’s accumulation of wealth, whatever the moral costs or compromises, and their subsequent acculturation and partial deracination.—
Brenda Wineapple,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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As the imperial capital for over 1,000 years, the city was a magnet for wealth and culture, and that rich history remains alive today in traditions like kaiseki cuisine, Kyo-ware ceramics, Yuzen silk dyeing, sake brewing, and classical drama forms like Kabuki and Noh (a type of theatrical dance).—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Apr. 2026
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Best Amazon Deals Amazon is a treasure trove of comfy travel pants, with dozens of options on sale.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Apr. 2026
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As much a summation of a career to date as a small-press treasure trove, Sunnylyn Thibodeaux’s Lucky Charms collects poems from over a dozen different publications by nearly as many presses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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