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 modern gold rush petered out in the first quarter when markets began discounting possible Fed hikes in the future rather than cuts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
At the Kuchurgan power station, located on the shore of a reservoir bordering Ukraine, she discovers how a facility that once powered a chunk of the former Soviet empire now enables a digital gold rush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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
But there’s no need to start a new gold rush just yet.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 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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