Fort Knox

noun

1. a military reservation in N Kentucky, SSW of Louisville: location of U.S. federal gold depository since 1936.

Fort Knox

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noun

1. a military reservation in N Kentucky: site of the US Gold Bullion Depository. Pop: 12 377 (2000)

Example Sentences

Mint locations in Fort Knox, Kan.; West Point, N.Y.; and Denver, as well as a small amount in the vaults at the New York Federal Reserve, according to Edmund Moy, a former director of the U.S.

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She's just dropped Fort Knox, her second single from the record, which she says gives a flavour of that energy.

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Andrew Friedman realized this when he emptied Fort Knox during the offseason.

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For example, Musk spread an unfounded internet theory that US gold reserves had quietly been stolen from Fort Knox in Kentucky.

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Sacks said the stockpile would serve as "a digital Fort Knox for the cryptocurrency", drawing comparison to a Kentucky military base that stores a significant portion of US gold assets.

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