How to Use bonanza in a Sentence

bonanza

noun
  • And in the last few years, it's been kind of a bonanza for home sellers.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024
  • In the long ago, wheat prices had plunged and most of the bonanza farms had broken up.
    — Louise Erdrich, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Yet the clothes-buying bonanza wasn’t equal across the board.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Summer brings a bonanza of summer squash to play with in the kitchen.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The suckers are a bonanza for some anglers, and the spring run is right on time.
    — cleveland.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Monday night’s sale is the first in a two-week long auction bonanza.
    — Chris Rovzar, Fortune, 10 May 2022
  • But there is at least one big, sparkling exception to the sales bonanza.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
  • In the old days, a bargain long-haul trip would have been a bonanza for miles; today, not so much.
    — Hannah Sampson, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The idea is for publishers to get a cut of the bonanza of ads the tech giants are pulling in.
    — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
  • The Office brought back all its stars for a wedding-bonanza group hug.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2021
  • This creates a feeding bonanza called whale falls.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Stay tuned to Ars for more on Valve's first stab at a collectible card bonanza.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2018
  • Here’s how to make sense of the sales bonanza that starts July 16.
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 9 July 2018
  • The runaway well ushered in a bonanza.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Fees imperiled The fee bonanza from the deal is now in peril.
    — Liana Baker, Fortune, 9 July 2022
  • The tax cuts also set off a bonanza of share buybacks, which Wall Street loves.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 10 June 2020
  • The bonanza hasn't just stopped with the passage of the bill in the House and Senate.
    — Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Remember all the ads for the great free agent bonanza in the summer of ’21?
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 8 June 2021
  • But the pivot to audio—led, it should be said, by The Ringer—has been a bonanza.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The addition of mustard greens and a few slips of chili oil provide a sharpness to the beefy bonanza.
    — Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
  • But on Sunday, there’s even more, so be sure to stick around to take full advantage of the book bonanza.
    — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Is the recent sharp drop in the consumer savings rate a sign the tax-refund bonanza was pulled forward?
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The primate breakdance bonanza started off as a simple dip in the pool kept behind-the-scenes at the zoo.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2017
  • The rest of the league, of course, has no reason to care about a potential ratings bonanza for a network.
    — New York Times, 20 July 2022
  • The first quarter was an offensive bonanza for the Celtics.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
  • As a result, the current crisis isn't just a cash bonanza for the oil industry.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The home run bonanza certainly kept slapping us in the face, and somehow the A’s came out on top.
    — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Black Friday came and went, but the annual shopping bonanza is still in full swing.
    — Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
  • In Poland Law and Justice has splashed out on a welfare bonanza.
    — The Economist, 4 July 2019
  • There's been a bonanza of Bigg's killer whales in the Salish Sea this summer.
    — Christine Clarridge, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024

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