trove

noun

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

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Fresh documents and a new claim have surfaced in a long-running dispute over a $300 million art trove, known as the Guelph Treasure, reports The New York Times. The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 19 Mar. 2025 The Archives maintains the government's trove of records known as the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection. Stefan Becket, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2025 And companies that choose to react to the current DEI backlash by pausing further pay analyses risk eliminating a valuable trove of data insights. David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025 The New York Times: Inside the chaos at the VA. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: HHS has granted DOGE access to a sensitive child support database with troves of income data, overriding the objections of career employees. Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 10 Mar. 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 22 Mar. 2025.

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