gold rush
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of gold rush
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
Example Sentences
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The deal was part of a new Hollywood gold rush to find concepts and talent online that could fuel the next horror hit, like “Backrooms” and “Obsession.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
San Francisco real estate agent Butch Haze of Compass has seen tech booms followed by ravenous bursts of homebuying since the first internet gold rush of the late 1990s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Though Bhatt has benefited from the gold rush, he says he launched the venture to fulfill a childhood dream.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
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
Gates compared the Internet to the gold rush, the idea being that more money was made selling Levi’s, picks, shovels, and hotel rooms to the gold diggers than from digging up gold from the earth.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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