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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 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
Bergin worked with Ella Soccorsi, Arket’s head of design and creative, to browse the Barbour archives and used different iterations of the wax jacket as a starting point.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
To build the catalog, Bickel's team used artificial intelligence to sift through the archives of ESA's Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) spacecraft, analyzing how each dust devil shifted between consecutive frames to calculate its speed and direction.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
The Packers may not have to dig deep into their archives preparing for Sunday’s game against the Bengals at Lambeau Field.
—Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Its capacity is large enough for photo libraries, videos, or project archives, and its plug-and-play setup means no drivers or software are required.
—PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
The Associated Press and OpenAI have a licensing and technology agreement that allows OpenAI access to part of AP’s text archives.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
This is how the HEMI has changed through time, according to a trove of internet archives, vintage brochures and other automotive history.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 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
Bergin worked with Ella Soccorsi, Arket’s head of design and creative, to browse the Barbour archives and used different iterations of the wax jacket as a starting point.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
To build the catalog, Bickel's team used artificial intelligence to sift through the archives of ESA's Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) spacecraft, analyzing how each dust devil shifted between consecutive frames to calculate its speed and direction.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
The Packers may not have to dig deep into their archives preparing for Sunday’s game against the Bengals at Lambeau Field.
—Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Its capacity is large enough for photo libraries, videos, or project archives, and its plug-and-play setup means no drivers or software are required.
—PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
The Associated Press and OpenAI have a licensing and technology agreement that allows OpenAI access to part of AP’s text archives.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
This is how the HEMI has changed through time, according to a trove of internet archives, vintage brochures and other automotive history.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archives
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The key for platforms will be to find the right balance, combining the dependability of film libraries with the cultural heat of live events.—
Alejandro Rojas,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
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Indiana's law places the responsibility on school libraries to decide what their book appeal processes look like.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
10 Oct. 2025
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Once nominations close, the Committee compiles a shortlist of 20–30 candidates.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The more interesting question is instead how S&P Dow Jones compiles the list in the first place.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Behind its all-glass façade, the home stacks four bedrooms and five baths around an elevator core.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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In the conflict between Hobbes and Rousseau, between visions of primordial humankind as inherently brutal or inherently peaceful, Tsangari stacks the dramatic deck in favor of benign and placid human nature.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
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Research in Osteoporosis International also links high caffeine intake to a greater risk of bone loss over time.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Holy Chalice Route links remarkable landmarks around the city and beyond, inviting travelers to step into a story that has inspired faith and wonder for centuries.—
Visit València,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 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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Digital fingerprinting collates an array of data from your phone — your IP address, device model and OS, time zone, setup and anything else if can get — to create a unique identifier in aggregate, even if each individual data snippet us useless on its own.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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This recipe piles them on, casting apples — which are starting to appear at farmers markets — and nuts front and center as main characters supported by a chorus of greens.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Sep. 2025
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That’s where the paperwork piles up, court fees skyrocket, and grieving families are forced into bureaucratic limbo for months — sometimes years.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Mold will appear fuzzy or thick, does not wipe away cleanly, and often clusters near the stem where the grapes are connected.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
28 Sep. 2025
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Fatemian simply bunches each slice slightly, creating a ruffled, flower-like radish slice that is then inserted between the rest of the vegetables.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Archives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archives. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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