trove

noun

1
2
: a valuable collection : treasure
also : haul, collection

Examples of trove in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The bill's creation was sparked by concerns about the troves of personal user data collected by TikTok and ByteDance, which critics claim poses a national security threat, based on fears the information could be tapped by the Chinese government. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024 But those emails are not included in the trove that was made public, leaving Mr. Yass’s personal involvement in ByteDance’s formation unknown. Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024 Alamo Drafthouse stored the trove, offering select titles to its customers to borrow for free. Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024 Lan Guan, the chief AI officer at Accenture, said Fortune Analytics will help transform how enterprise customers use the Fortune 500 by giving them access to troves of data that include articles behind the paywall, audio transcripts, and other archives. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024 Intrigued, scientists decided to excavate the site, revealing the remains of a centuries-old shipwreck filled with a trove of coins and ceramics, according to a preprint study posted to Research Square, an open access platform, on April 2. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024 The trove, proving acts long denied by state authorities, opened the way for a widespread legal reckoning. Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024 Among the objects found were a trove of coins, originating from Malaysia, China and Portugal, revealing the interconnected world in which the ship’s occupants would have been part of. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024 The idea with remote patient intervention is that an AI will act on those troves of data to deliver care, and Vakili and co-first author Ashwin Nayak, who is also an assistant professor of medicine at Stanford, have started a company called UpDoc to develop and commercialize their approach. Simar Bajaj, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

short for treasure trove

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of trove was in 1888

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“Trove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trove. Accessed 2 May. 2024.

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