trove

noun

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: a valuable collection : treasure
also : haul, collection

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Jamie Lee Curtis stars, in her first major dramatic role, as Anna Winter, a twenty-two-year-old Los Angeles d.j. who discovers a trove of passionate letters written to her late mother by a man who isn’t her father. Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 30 May 2025 Some journalists refused to use AI for anything more than superficial interview transcription, while others use it broadly, to edit text, answer research questions, summarize large bodies of science text, or search massive troves of data for salient bits of information. New Atlas, 25 May 2025 Community residents have been sharing speculations on where the trove could have come from, as none of the coins are of local origin, said Miroslav Novak, head of the museum’s department of archaeology. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 25 May 2025 The punishment dated to April 16, when Noem first mandated that Harvard produce troves of detailed information about every international student attending the school. Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 24 May 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 4 Jun. 2025.

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