archived

adjective

ar·​chived ˈär-ˌkīvd 

: filed or collected in or as if in an archive

archived photographs

archived email messages

Newspapers should be lowering their prices for archived content.

—Karim Mostafa

The individual file drawers stacked in the basement were all locked and alarmed, as was the microfilm storage area of archived cards, which occupied a fireproof vault that was also connected to Max Kessler's alarm system.

—Paul Christopher

Examples of archived in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After analyzing millions of archived GPS transmissions spanning nearly two decades, Murdoch concluded that the messages are likely part of the system the US military uses to distribute cryptographic keys to military GPS receivers around the world. — Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 6 June 2026

An archived Hyde Park Herald report notes that the Fret Shop occupied a storefront in what had once been a concession stand for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, part of a community art colony. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 June 2026

To me, these archived objects of beauty and humanity seem like a rich theoretical space to explore. — Literary Hub, 19 May 2026

An archived copy, however, can still be found online — or on social media, where users have mostly condemned both it and IndyCar. — John Tufts, IndyStar, 7 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for archived

• arrived
• connived
• contrived
• deprived
• derived
• revived
• survived
• dived
• lived
• rived
• strived
• thrived