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noun

ˈär-ˌkīv

Definition of archive

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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as in to compile

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Recent Examples of archive

Noun

Three artists reflect on a video archive generated by Veo 1, a now-defunct model developed by Google in 2024. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Drawing on personal archives, home videos, footage of street protests, newspapers and recorded voices, the filmmaker pieces together a portrait of a country shaped by political repression and a continuing hope for revolution. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026

Verb

But, as archived by CalMatters’ Digital Democracy project, Ward described his intentions in a committee meeting in 2023. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026 The letters were selected from more than 5,000 letters archived in the SDSU library’s Special Collections. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for archive

Recent Examples of Synonyms for archive

Noun

There's no need to spend an entire weekend tagging your photo library.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Artcraft is also working with the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, which began collaborating with Mockoski and Harris in 2025 on restorations from Paramount’s silent-era library.

— Lise Pedersen, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of library

Verb

Between Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta, over $720 billion of capital expenditures is projected to be spent this year, most of it on AI infrastructure, according to analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Next was an effort to compile a list of those who had served in the Civil War.

— Patricia Babcock McGraw OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of compile

Verb

The team’s last-second win over the Philadelphia Eagles last week in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was organized and operated by the NFL, part of the league’s more standard rotation of all teams playing overseas.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Workers are organizing at manufacturing plants, in newsrooms, in technology, in hospitals, on college campuses, and construction sites.

— Liz Shuler, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of organize

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These chicken thighs take very well to batch-cooking at the start of the week and enjoying in the ensuing days.

— Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Sep. 2026
This is where spectral imaging and vision systems monitor shade variations and print registration in real time across the full width of the fabric roll, ensuring dye uniformity from batch to batch.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of batch

Verb

Starting last October, hackers gained access to a system operated by the Defense Manpower Data Center, which collates Department of Defense personnel records.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
What’s different is how quickly Nielsen is now able to collect, collate, and double-check its numbers.

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of collate

Verb

Lawrence Lewitinn is building an AI-native archive for his great-uncle’s works, which will systematize the artist’s sketches, pigment formulas, poems and color diagrams, along with his notes on color, perception and theory.

— R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Over time, some preachers sought to systematize these tactics for winning converts.

— Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026

Definition of systematize

Verb

The group has targeted facilities linked to Israeli weapons manufacturing or supplies.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
His lawyers, making the motion for dismissal, argued that Kuznietsov was still an active duty soldier and as such was obligated by Ukrainian law not to speak for reasons of secrecy linked to national security.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026

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