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  • adjective Not of or pertaining to gold.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ gold

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Examples

  • Barrick hopes to double to 20% its exposure to nongold production with a bid for Australian copper miner Equinox Minerals .

    Barrick Gold Digs for Copper Rolfe Winkler 2011

  • Work is now taking place to sort out which of the nongold licenses under review will be terminated.

    Mongolia Reviews Mine Licenses Peter Stein 2010

  • Assuming there is gold in his sample to begin with, the more nongold he discards, the more gold he finds.

    Hot Prospects Bill Good 2008

  • Assuming there is gold in his sample to begin with, the more nongold he discards, the more gold he finds.

    Hot Prospects Bill Good 2008

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