bonanza
noun
a rich mass of ore, as found in mining.
bonanzas
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pluralof bonanza.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The researchers suggest that these young eagles could be taking advantage of seasonal food bonanzas such as spawning salmon, nesting waterfowl, or carcasses of large mammals.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2025
What is remarkable is that these multi-team weekend bonanzas are hardly a coincidence anymore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Nice is the gravitational center around which the Knicks bonanzas orbit.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2023
It didn’t erase all that went sideways during the losses, or even prior victories that were goal-scoring bonanzas in which defensive play was abandoned.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
And so they had; for when they came to stake out their claims, they found the indications were of such richness that the mines bid fair to be regular bonanzas.
From Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains by Frank V. Webster
