archival
adjective
ar·chi·val
är-ˈkī-vəl 
: of, relating to, contained in, suitable for, or constituting archives
Examples of archival in a Sentence
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Biden donated more than 1,850 boxes of archival records from his tenure in the Senate to the University of Delaware, his alma mater, in 2012, according to the university.
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Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2023
The rapper wore an archival Paco Rabanne chainmail column gown with a headpiece to give out the Grammy for Best Rap Album.
—Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 6 Feb. 2023
For his part, Kellogg gave due credit to Schulberg as an archival film scrounger.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2023
Williams said in an archival interview with the Television Academy.
—Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
On the more high-glam front, singer FKA Twigs showed off archival Jean Paul Gaultier procured from the buzzy online archive shop CopMeIfYouCan.
—André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2023
There are few archival sites in Ghana for artists to refer to when creating new work.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2023
Avenue and Sumner Street, according to archival advertisements placed by the church in The Oregonian/OregonLive.
—oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2023
Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2023
The rapper wore an archival Paco Rabanne chainmail column gown with a headpiece to give out the Grammy for Best Rap Album.
—Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 6 Feb. 2023
For his part, Kellogg gave due credit to Schulberg as an archival film scrounger.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2023
Williams said in an archival interview with the Television Academy.
—Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
On the more high-glam front, singer FKA Twigs showed off archival Jean Paul Gaultier procured from the buzzy online archive shop CopMeIfYouCan.
—André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2023
There are few archival sites in Ghana for artists to refer to when creating new work.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2023
Avenue and Sumner Street, according to archival advertisements placed by the church in The Oregonian/OregonLive.
—oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2023
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“Archival.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archival. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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