Thesaurus results for GRAVY TRAIN

gravy train

noun

as in bonus

something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed the new tax law offers a real gravy train to certain categories of investors

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Recent Examples of gravy train Those are just some of the consumers who have been at the end of this gravy train. —

Greg Petro, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024 Coming from North Carolina, where attorneys are just now getting on that gravy train, my car insurance has more than doubled. —

Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024 The gravy train College is huge business: a hundreds-of-billions machine with donations of $58B last year alone. —

thehustle.co, 25 Oct. 2024 This just-okay kids’ film — the sort trying to capitalize on the Harry Potter gravy train way after the fact — is set in the 1950s as a boy, Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), is sent to live with his eccentric uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) after his parents’ tragic death. —

Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gravy train

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Noun

And some pre-game bonuses: Keep an eye out for Chiefs wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins' arrival outfit, and whether this Chiefs player tears up during the National Anthem.

— NPR Staff, NPR, 9 Feb. 2025
The harm that will be done to research universities in the process may be viewed as a bonus by a populist political movement that has shown a consistent disdain for expertise.

— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2025