trove
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Etymology
Origin of trove
First recorded in 1885–90; short for treasure-trove
Explanation
A trove is a valuable collection of something. You might discover a trove of old comic books in the basement of your uncle's house, or a trove of candy bars at the back of a kitchen cabinet. If you found a treasure chest full of gold doubloons buried in your back yard, you could absolutely call that a trove — but you can also use trove for any wonderful or precious stash of stuff. Archaeologists might uncover a trove of fossils, and Easter egg hunters are hoping to discover a trove of eggs and candy. Trove was first used in the phrase treasure trove, from the Anglo-French tresor trové, rooted in the Old French trover, "to find."
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The Treasure of Villena is a unique trove of almost ten kilos of gold, bowls, bottles and bracelets dating back to the Bronze Age.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The rally was held in Myrtle Beach because the area features a trove of up-for-grabs votes in the runoff.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Drawn from a trove of leaked data—browser history, emails, calendars and screen recordings pulled from the team’s own computers—our yearlong investigation offers a rare look at how North Korea’s undercover workers get hired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Airbnb’s new service offerings operate through third parties, so it’s not as if Airbnb itself is bringing food to your door or sitting on a trove of rental cars.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
No, the first of the treasure trove cases: possession holds good against all comers except the true owner.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
Also on Thursday was one of the most important troves of prehistoric jewellery and artefacts was stolen from a Spanish museum.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Cobbled together in the aftermath of 9/11, the agency has 7,100 armed, highly trained agents and another 800 criminal analysts, as well as access to troves of confidential data about hundreds of millions of Americans.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Bondi egregiously mishandled the Epstein files, illegally withholding vast troves of materials that she had a legal obligation to release.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2026
Thomson Reuters said earlier that general-purpose AI, like Anthropic’s Claude, can’t replace its troves of specialized data, making its platform still viable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
There was no doubt she’d have whole treasure troves of information about Scarlet and McCoy.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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