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
But getting a hint from Clarke is like breaking into Fort Knox with flashing lights on your head.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2023
The scientists on the Collection Committee set out to create the Fort Knox of pure, uncontaminated cell culture.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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