trove

noun

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

Examples of trove in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 According to the report, the tool, trained by Israeli military data scientists, sifted through a huge trove of surveillance data and other information to generate targets for assassination. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024 The moat revealed a trove of artifacts, including pins, clothing, shoe buckles, metal dishes, keys and padlocks. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024 The trove of items includes rarities addressed to Bennett from stars like Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse, Madonna, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Quincy Jones and Barbra Streisand, among others. Thania Garcia, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024 The March 25 trial date was replaced by the hearing after New York federal prosecutors started sending Trump troves of new documents in March, totaling more than 100,000 pages. Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024 Restoring the helmet The fragmented helmet was found alongside a trove of coins and pig bones as part of a shrine dating to around 43 A.D., according to museum officials. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024 In the 1980s, a trove of rare shells—some of which had been collected on a famed 18th-century voyager’s doomed final expedition—was tossed in a dumpster at Newcastle University in England during an office cleanout. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 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 19 Apr. 2024.

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