Paul Davies

A permanent base on Mars would have a number of advantages beyond being a bonanza for planetary science and geology. If, as some evidence suggests, exotic micro-organisms have arisen independently of terrestrial life, studying them could revolutionise biology, medicine and biotechnology.

British Writer

Kristoffer Polaha

Now, there is no business like show business, and there is no publicity like word of mouth. What is word of mouth, you may ask? Well, word of mouth is gold to Hollywood bigwigs, and it equates to box office bonanzas and hit TV shows.

American Actor

Richard Dawkins

I detest 'Jingle Bells,' 'White Christmas,' 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,' and the obscene spending bonanza that nowadays seems to occupy not just December, but November and much of October, too.

English Scientist

Douglas Brinkley

Ever since Willie Nelson brought rednecks into an alliance with hippies back in the psychedelic '70s, Austin has milked its quirky libertarian spirit for a worldwide bonanza of free publicity.

American Author

Dirk Benedict

Films must all have the same structure. All of this to guarantee box office bonanza, which of course it never does, but that's another discussion entirely.

Whitney Tilson

The deal machinations many companies put themselves through, while certainly a bonanza for investment bankers, can confound the typical investor.

American Businessman

Erik Prince

For people to mischaracterize my time or ownership of Blackwater as being some great financial bonanza, it was not. It was most definitely not.

Timothy Noah

The Reagan years really were a bonanza for the rich; you didn't imagine that.

American Journalist

The word 'bonanza' often implies a happy surprise or fortunate event, usually involving wealth or success.

Positive Connotation

'Bonanza' can be used figuratively to describe an abundance of non-material things, like love or opportunities.

Figurative Use

Today, 'bonanza' has a broader meaning and is not limited to wealth, often indicating a good amount of anything.

Contemporary Usage

'Bonanza' suggests a rapid and unexpected increase in wealth or success, not a gradual change.

Suddenness

'Bonanza' implies potential for great wealth, but doesn't guarantee it will last or happen again.

Not Guaranteed

Originally used in mining, 'bonanza' referred to a rich mass of ore, symbolizing a big find.

Mining Origin

In technical or industry contexts, 'bonanza' might refer to a specific type of rich resource.

Context Specific

 because you have to go through the atmosphere. And the atmosphere is not your friend, because it swells up because of dust. When there's a lot of dust in the atmosphere, it shrinks. There are lateral winds, although the atmosphere is thin. But it is a scientific bonanza once you're on the surface.

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 exploiting a sudden change in global climates with the end of the last ice age humans learnt to farm farming was an energy bonanza and exploiting that energy human populations multiplied human societies got larger denser more interconnected and then from

The history of our world...

 exploiting a sudden change in global climate with the end of the last ice age, humans learned to farm. Farming was an energy bonanza. And exploiting that energy, human populations multiplied. Human societies got larger, denser, more interconnected.

 you might think why is that an interesting thing well in the deep ocean there's not a lot of food so when a whale carcass sinks down into the depths it's like this feeding bonanza basically and it draws all these animals towards it and it goes

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 the perfect conditions for wildlife the current is very nutrient-rich and the underwater topography surrounding South Georgia channels these nutrients up to the surface kicking off a food chain bonanza

How Wildlife Overcame...

 the chicks will be jumping for only three days so she must make the most of this bonanza the survival of her own family depends on it

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