trove

noun

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

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Online Advertising Digital advertising has gradually overtaken offline advertising as companies with vast troves of consumer data say that online ads can target those interested in making purchases. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025 Hours later, the scandal snowballed after Bloomberg published a trove of emails between Mandelson and Epstein, in which Mandelson expressed support for his friend and offered to discuss his infamous 2008 Florida case with his political contacts. Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025 The notes surfaced in a trove of more than 100 emails between the two friends, obtained by Bloomberg News. Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 Hickey glanced at her daughter’s trove, then at the store’s dense, minuscule universe. Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trove

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 17 Sep. 2025.

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