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

Thompson had gone over to Hayslip's apartment around 3 a.m. and had been drinking, according to archived news reports. —Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026

Officers put the schools in the area on lockdown about 3 p.m. Tuesday, according to archived police radio transmissions. —Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026

An archived version of the policy from August 2024 includes the same provisions. —Zach Vallese, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026

Her application appeared in a Justice Department database in mid-December, according to archived copies posted on lawyeroyer.com. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 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