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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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Noun
The project will also rely on script drafts and archived set photos as a foundation. Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025 Extensively archived set photos from the film will serve as the foundation for re-creating the scenes. Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
The archives in SubTropolis and artifacts on display at the Chiefs Hall of Honor couldn’t be in better hands. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025 Subscribe now for immediate access to the latest issue and to browse the rich archive. The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for archive
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Noun
  • Their philanthropy touches all 12 of the university’s schools and colleges, as well as the university’s libraries, student affairs, athletics and various funds across campus.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The Reagan foundation is a tax-exempt nonprofit that helps fund his library, which is part of the National Archives and Records Administration.
    Bill Barrow, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Entertainment Weekly has compiled a calendar highlighting key 2025-2026 awards season dates, from the Oscars to the Golden Globes to the awards-positioning Sundance Film Festival, whose lineup typically signals which potential Academy Awards players might bubble up down the line.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The WARNTracker also compiles historical data and keeps up to date on recent notices.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Divide household items by category, organize them into appropriately sized containers, add labels, and stack them onto shelves in a closet or cabinet that is easily reachable.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2025
  • This larger toiletry bag sports roomy, elastic mesh pockets that can help keep all your original pill bottles secure and organized for travel days.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And then for cocktails, they're all made to be batched out ahead of time.
    Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Since Charlie had batched ahead, the margaritas weren’t too time-consuming.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 12-issue series, which has since been collated into one book, originally came out between 1995 and 2005.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
  • However, an odds tracker that collates data from about two dozen bookmakers places him second behind the favorite, Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While Alexander grounded the agency, Elwell systematized it and built the frameworks that turned creative instinct into repeatable success.
    Sara Smith, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • In the Victorian era, scholars like Max Müller and, later, James Frazer tried to systematize the world’s myths.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Familial pairs choose the experimental merge for a variety of reasons, including a mother with Alzheimer’s linking her mind with her daughter; teenage brothers, one terminally ill; a man and his pregnant fiancée; a father and his addict daughter.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • She was struck by how intricately this costly brand was linked to her life and to her family’s finances.
    Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Just stack the shoeboxes on top of each other, and secure them with string or glue before creating a way to hang it in your closet.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The restaurant violated 14 standards, including employee drinks stored near food prep areas and metal pans stacked wet.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Archive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archive. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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