Definition of trove
2
: a valuable collection : treasure;
also
: haul, collection
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In another project a trove of bronze coins, the last remnants of an ancient Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire, were recently discovered near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
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That was why the raiders of the 1980s found troves of pension money that seemed to be just sitting there, waiting to be captured.
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The ownership of the flats was made public by the leak in 2016 of the Panama Papers, a trove of documents from a law firm.
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The Russian hacking of Podesta’s emails produced a trove of information that made Clinton and the Democrats look bad during the campaign.
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Hackers released a trove of emails from Emmanuel Macron’s campaign last year while Russia was backing the right-wing candidate, Marine Le Pen.
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First, the team looked through a trove of official ICE records released to journalists through a Freedom of Information request.
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With more and more Americans logging on to genealogy websites, the services have become vast repositories of DNA—and a potential trove for law enforcement agencies attempting to resolve languishing investigations.
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Developers have been able to use that trove of information beyond Apple's control.
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Origin and Etymology of trove
short for treasure trove
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First Known Use: 1888
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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