Golconda

noun

Definition of Golcondanext
as in gravy train

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  1. gravy train
  2. bonanza
  3. stash
  4. hoard
  5. armory
  6. storehouse
  7. cache
  8. repository
Noun
  • In both cases, the assumption is the same—that theatergoers aren’t there for traditional superhero derring-do, only a cavalcade of Easter eggs and teases for upcoming installments to keep the Marvel gravy train running at full steam.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • At first, investors were throwing themselves at any opportunity to hop on the gravy train with the hope of cashing in big.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 25 June 2026
Definition of gravy train
Noun
  • By August 2025, Public Media had organized a fundraising bonanza.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Many Gulf events have been postponed or canceled because of the war, but Qatar’s annual bonanza of bling was lively last week.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of bonanza
Noun
  • Most notably, there’s a stash of pre-debut songs that show how broad his stylistic range was from the beginning, foreshadowing his later adventures in roots, country and pre-rock balladry.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026
  • On the more practical side, wool felt wine markers are a great assist, or pick up a fancy bag of coffee to replenish their stash.
    — Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of stash
Noun
  • Though the hoard was discovered last year, officials only recently announced the find, calling it the largest coin hoard from the reign of Roman Emperor Hadrian ever found in Germany.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The film follows a group of adults in an isolated Pennsylvania farmhouse, as hoards of flesh-eating ghouls overrun the country and infiltrate their residence.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of hoard
Noun
  • Zeughauskeller, set inside a former armory, is another classic spot that serves Swiss staples like rösti.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Now, officers can enjoy the convenience of the new headquarters’ training facilities, including an armory and a 50-yard gun range with shooting targets that can move around and enough space to bring in cars to train for different scenarios.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of armory
Noun
  • Few literary novelists are as obsessed with the past—as a place, an archive, and a storehouse.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Founded in 1537 as a storehouse for Andean gold, it was cut off from the rest of Colombia when the river’s main channel silted over in the early 20th century.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of storehouse
Noun
  • In one experiment, models running in separate virtual machines used processor cache timing to exchange synthetic secrets.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Reading data from the cache is faster than retrieving it from main memory, and the agents used this timing difference to communicate.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of cache
Noun
  • This infrastructure combines an above-ground encapsulation plant with a subterranean repository, known as Onkalo.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Her great-grandnephew, who also chairs her foundation, has sought to realize that temple, which would act as a repository for her art and keep it out of museums, but no such plan to open the structure has materialized yet.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of repository
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