gold rush
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gold rush
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
Example Sentences
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The surge of development here mirrors a data center gold rush across Texas over the past year that is outpacing the speed of regulation.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
The gold rush in music rights investing has been fueled in no small part by streaming services bringing artists’ work to ever larger audiences on repeat listening in markets around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
They include a nugget from the California gold rush; an 1879 lightbulb by Thomas Edison; a mainframe component from ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer that was built in 1946 and weighed 30 tons.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
The business world’s gold rush to build out AI has resulted in unprecedented demand for computer chips, memory and other electrical parts.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
This was the gold rush for geeks, a special time in history, the Internet moment, and he was primed to take advantage of that, to stake his claim.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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