treasure trove

Definition of treasure trovenext
as in gold mine
an abundant source the ancient city, having been almost perfectly preserved under volcanic ash for nearly 2,000 years, is proving to be a treasure trove of archaeological information

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Recent Examples of treasure trove But Calico, his breakthrough from 2023, was a treasure trove of chilling revelations and picturesque stories about loss and finality. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026 Small Vases and Vessels Flea markets are treasure troves for tiny vases and vessels. Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 25 June 2026 Four years later, the subsequent owner of his home found it and returned the treasure trove to Perrulli — who couldn't look at it for another two decades. Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026 At this point, nearly every New York creative has considered a move to Mexico City, with its verdant parks, walkable neighborhoods, ever-evolving food scene, and artistic treasure trove of galleries and museums. Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for treasure trove
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Noun
  • Streptomyces are bacteria that live in soil and are known as gold mines for antibiotic molecule discovery.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
  • From a historic gold mine hitting the market to a former Boise State football star’s family’s wrongful death lawsuit, Idaho’s news cycle this week spans business, politics and tragedy.
    Chadd Cripe. Produced with AI assistance, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Short for adversarial hallucination squatting, HalluSquatting is built on an LLM’s inherent tendency to hallucinate the resource identifiers hosted in repositories and registries.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
  • Because a dictionary, properly understood, isn’t just a repository, but an atlas that sets the contours of the explorable world.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • The hustling spirit of the gold rush lives on today in the prospecting influencers who toil in the content mines of the Internet, hoping to hit the viral mother lode.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Beyond mother lodes of oil or natural gas, ready cash can also be generated with diamond or gold mines, precious metals, and rare minerals.
    Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The problem of Muse This week, Meta faced backlash after releasing a new AI model, Muse, which mines public Instagram feeds for images and videos.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • With the central route through the strait uncrossable due to mines, ships have been using two other routes, the smaller northern route, which goes through Iranian waters, and the southern route, which goes through Omani waters.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

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“Treasure trove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treasure%20trove. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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