Fort Knox
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A working gold toilet seems a much better use of bullion than, say, making it into bars and then just having it sit, useless, in vaults in Fort Knox.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 1, 2025
If it takes an audit of Fort Knox to verify the gold, so be it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
Andrew Friedman realized this when he emptied Fort Knox during the offseason.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2025
"Somehow, it's more opaque than America's gold in Fort Knox."
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023
Lamphere agreed, though the request was akin to asking, "How about the key to the vault at Fort Knox?"
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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