Definitions
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- noun literally The
main , centrallode of anatural resource , near which smallerdeposits of the sameore etc. exist. - noun figuratively The main
prize , bestcut orpick etc. by far,dwarfing all others.
Etymologies
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Examples
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While hedge funds target what Marathon Asset Management LP co-founder Bruce Richards calls the "motherlode" of distressed investing, insurers are focusing on forced sales of higher- quality, longer-term assets, such as mortgage loans.
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US intelligence network aims to put heat on al-Qa'ida US intelligence will seek to achieve in the coming weeks "information dominance" over the al-Qa'ida network - taking advantage of what officials have called a "motherlode" of data found at Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad.
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This is what you might call the motherlode location when it comes to kid-friendly activities.
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The weather has been very dry for BC this summer, but we have had a couple of good rains lately, so we were hopeful that we might find some beauties in our friends' wood-- they have the "motherlode" of chanterelle hunting on their property.
CHANTERELLES ARE BACK! A FRENCH RECIPE TO SHOW THEM OFF Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009
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The weather has been very dry for BC this summer, but we have had a couple of good rains lately, so we were hopeful that we might find some beauties in our friends' wood-- they have the "motherlode" of chanterelle hunting on their property.
Archive 2009-09-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009
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Sam carrying boards from the "motherlode" of fence dump sites back to my vehicle.
rec.ike.ling WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008
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Sam carrying boards from the "motherlode" of fence dump sites back to my vehicle.
Archive 2008-09-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008
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Our friends Jane and Matzuki have the "motherlode" of chanterelle patches and, fortunately for us, pick more than they can use!
CHANTERELLE TIME AGAIN! Bryanna Clark Grogan 2007
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Our friends Jane and Matzuki have the "motherlode" of chanterelle patches and, fortunately for us, pick more than they can use!
Archive 2007-08-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2007
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Republic and found a "motherlode" of more than 125000, as yet unaffected by Ebola virus or hunting.
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