as in library
a place where books, periodicals, and records are kept for use but not for sale
asked that the rare book be brought from the archive sent the novelist's letters to the archive for preservation
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Recent Examples of archive
Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Capture too many photos, which may end up archived or deleted later.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
This new space now serves as a hybrid of a boutique, showroom, atelier and archive.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Attendees wanted to archive the past but not dwell on it.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Capture too many photos, which may end up archived or deleted later.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
The archives cited a stone called Sherwood pink.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
This new space now serves as a hybrid of a boutique, showroom, atelier and archive.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archive
Noun
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The Obama Presidential Center was conceptualized as a campus, including a museum, library, athletic facility, and fruit and vegetable gardens to act as a community space in commemoration of the 44th president of the United States.—
Christine Valora,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Sep. 2025
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As a microschool founder, Shackelford shapes her school’s culture, including library selections, after-school activities, and community engagement strategies.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Each year, federal and state agencies along with individuals file reports that are compiled and then organized to make up a list of the most invasive species by state.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 Sep. 2025
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China Digital Times also compiled a collection of commenters from film forum websites like Douban, Zhihu, and Xiaohongshu.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
25 Sep. 2025
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The vigil, which had been planned several weeks in advance, was organized by the Genesee County Republican Party as a reaction to violent incidents such as the assassination of Charlie Kirk.—
Tess Ware,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Try MyRecipes, our digital recipe box to stash and organize all your favorite Better Homes & Gardens recipes.—
Staff Author,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The lower operating temperatures allow for continuous manufacturing rather than batch processing.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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Use batching to streamline large-scale organizing tasks Batching is extremely useful for large — and often overwhelming — organizing projects, such as cleaning out the garage, attic or basement or tackling an overflowing closet.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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After collection, the data was collated and exemption rates were calculated in order to be analyzed.—
Jocelyn Shek,
NBC news,
15 Sep. 2025
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Digital fingerprinting collates an array of data from your phone — your IP address, device model and OS, time zone, setup and anything else if can get — to create a unique identifier in aggregate, even if each individual data snippet us useless on its own.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Looking ahead, leaders who want to close that gap in 2025 should embed AI into daily workflows, scale the habits of their best sellers and systematize expansion plays as a growth engine.—
Rohit Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Thus, the contribution of the men who formalized physiognomy (Johann Lavater) and phrenology (Franz Josef Gall) was systematizing a broader humoral worldview about the connection between body and character, and giving it the prestige of modern science.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
Verb
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Eastern members of the alliance, including Estonia, Poland, and Romania, recently reported incursions into their airspace, while drones that disrupted Danish airports are suspected of being linked to Russia.—
Claire Cameron,
semafor.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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Men typically store fat in the belly, but those who carry fat in their arms may have higher estrogen levels, sometimes linked to environmental chemicals called xenoestrogens.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has to approve many of those mergers—and Trump stacked the FCC with his supporters.—
Lizz Winstead,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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By stacking these two together in layers, the CNSI team created large, printable membranes that emit bright, stable light and can even be stretched without breaking.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Archive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archive. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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