trove

noun

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: a valuable collection : treasure
also : haul, collection

Examples of trove in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Law enforcement searched Handy’s home, after receiving a tip of inappropriate behavior, and found a trove of child pornography including 10,000 images of children. Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024 Sierra Bellows describes what to my mind is the equivalent experience for a nonfiction writer: finding a door that opens to reveal a trove of stories waiting to be told. Longreads, 15 Mar. 2024 John died at age 91 in 1934, and Anna, who didn’t have children, initially planned to leave her trove of some 200 paintings to the French state. Nina Siegal, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024 In April 2019, the center published this trove of raw data and a pair of reports cataloging a history of in-flight abuses and potential due process violations. Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2024 Behind the graffitied door of a nondescript Eastern Market warehouse, just steps away from the city’s longest standing meat markets, is Midnight Temple, a trove of Indian traditions, both culinary and otherwise. Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024 While exploring an ancient Catholic church in France, archaeologists discovered a trove of 230 tombs. Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024 Harvard turned over another trove of documents about campus antisemitism to Congress on Monday evening. Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024 Now, as part of renovations, archaeologists in Kecskemét have excavated an approximately 160-square-foot trench — and unearthed the baby’s grave, along with a trove of other burials. Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 7 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 29 Mar. 2024.

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