Judith Jamison

The way Alvin Ailey has transformed modern dance and dance in general is the fact of variety. It's a cornucopia of ways to move. There are choreographers in the company as - as diverse, as different from each other as Donald McKayle and Bill T. Jones, or Jawole Zollar and John Butler, Lar Lubovitch, you know, and Judith Jamison.

American Dancer

George Will

Corporations do not pay taxes, they collect them, passing the burden to consumers as a cost of production. And corporate taxation is a feast of rent-seeking - a cornucopia of credits, exemptions and other subsidies conferred by the political class on favored, and grateful, corporations.

Journalist

Paul Zane Pilzer

Since 1975, when I entered the Wharton Graduate School, I have belonged to a small group of economists who believe that the world does not contain a limited amount of physical resources. Quite the contrary, I believe that the world is a virtual cornucopia of physical resources.

American Economist

Pankaj Mishra

Since the end of the Cold War, metropolitan elites everywhere have identified progress and modernity with the cornucopia of global capitalism, the consolidation of liberal democratic regimes and the secular ethic of consumerism.

Indian Novelist

Diane Ackerman

We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health and our own.

American Poet

Alice Ripley

I think I enjoy Sondheim so much because of the lyrics. The lyrics, the cornucopia of options.

American Actor

John Logan

We wanted 'Hugo' to be a cornucopia of cinema, a celebration of everything we do in movies.

American Producer

Johan Renck

One of the things I love about my job is the cornucopia of different professions in one.

Swedish Director

Often used metaphorically to mean a plentiful or overflowing supply.

Figurative Usage

Carries a positive feeling, suggesting not just quantity but also quality.

Positive Connotation

Avoid using 'cornucopia' for large amounts of negative or undesirable things.

No Negative Contexts

In the US, it's commonly associated with Thanksgiving and symbolizes harvest abundance.

Thanksgiving Association

Originates from Greek mythology, it's a historical symbol of abundance and nourishment.

Historical Symbol

Often used as a decorative motive in autumn, particularly in markets and fairs.

Seasonal Displays

 Nobody's going to fix the world for us, but working together, making use of technological innovations and human communities alike, we might just be able to fix it ourselves. We have at our fingertips a cornucopia of compelling models, powerful tools, and innovative ideas

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 everything they're carrying is like top-notch survival grade gonna get me out of this burning canyon kind of thing right so he's fanatical about testing his gear so I brought gear of my own I harvested this cornucopia of shoelaces which is the best Shane and I decided to

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 These clumps, or curds, became the building blocks of cheese, which would eventually be aged, pressed, ripened, and whizzed into a diverse cornucopia of dairy delights.

Cornucopia

Figurative Usage

Positive Connotation

No Negative Contexts

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