trove

noun

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: a valuable collection : treasure
also : haul, collection

Examples of trove in a Sentence

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Anyone who owns the console and subscribes to its $3.99-per-month Switch Online service automatically gains access to a trove of NES and SNES titles. Luke Winkie, Vulture, 18 June 2025 These companies give anyone who will pay—including governments—access to vast troves of advertising and marketing information, which can often include location data. Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 16 June 2025 But the company has amassed an unusually large and centralized trove of data on drivers across the country, and civil rights and privacy experts have been raising alarms about the company for years. Kara Newhouse, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2025 Some included saying that Republicans would not have won in 2024 without his support and accusing the White House of withholding the Jeffrey Epstein files due to Trump allegedly being named in the trove of documents. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 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 28 Jun. 2025.

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