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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Recent Examples of archive
Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Capture too many photos, which may end up archived or deleted later.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
The archives stated that after the attack, more than 1,000 POWs ended up in the water as the ship sank, and many of them swam toward land, where Japanese military recaptured a lot.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 10 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Attendees wanted to archive the past but not dwell on it.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Capture too many photos, which may end up archived or deleted later.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
Pollard and co-founder Jack Callahan, both veterans of the underground tape and vinyl scenes, first got the idea for Nina after a conversation about preserving digital music archives.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
The archives stated that after the attack, more than 1,000 POWs ended up in the water as the ship sank, and many of them swam toward land, where Japanese military recaptured a lot.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archive
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Children…who had previously not read for pleasure are standing in line at bookstores and libraries to get the next book in the series.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Oct. 2025
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On a crowded row of steps in front of the adjacent library, Simcha Cohen was coming to terms with her own complicated feelings.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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These were compiled into a final concept by Edgar Ariza, an artist who worked for the department at the time.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Oct. 2025
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Now that chatbots can compile documents, create meeting slideshows, and even write code, many hard capabilities like software engineering skills once seen as a career gold mine are now being rendered redundant.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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In 2024, his mother, Idit Ohel, organized a concert for him on the Gaza border.—
Itay Stern,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
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The protests are organized by progressive organization Indivisible, with cities having their own branch.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Since Charlie had batched ahead, the margaritas weren’t too time-consuming.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
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The lower operating temperatures allow for continuous manufacturing rather than batch processing.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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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
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After collection, the data was collated and exemption rates were calculated in order to be analyzed.—
Jocelyn Shek,
NBC news,
15 Sep. 2025
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Looking ahead, leaders who want to close that gap in 2025 should embed AI into daily workflows, scale the habits of their best sellers and systematize expansion plays as a growth engine.—
Rohit Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Thus, the contribution of the men who formalized physiognomy (Johann Lavater) and phrenology (Franz Josef Gall) was systematizing a broader humoral worldview about the connection between body and character, and giving it the prestige of modern science.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
Verb
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The agency defines an outbreak as three or more cases that are linked.—
Maria Godoy,
NPR,
12 Oct. 2025
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Other companies explain how their security keys fit into your cybersecurity toolkit, such as Yubico's posts about open authentication standards supported by its products, or the list of services accepting hardware security keys sponsored by Nitrokey (linked to by Google).—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 Oct. 2025
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Women who don’t naturally meet those ideals are left struggling to win a competition stacked against them.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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The space, on Liberty’s second floor, was transformed with an industrial edge and a music vibe with fly-postering installations and stacked speaker walls.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Archive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archive. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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