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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Marlon Sorto, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
The presentation video and measurement data is now archived in FIT’s institutional repository where researchers, faculty, students, and fashion industry professionals will have access to it.
—Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Joni Mitchell’s next deep dive into her archives will focus on the singer-songwriter’s decades-long exploration into jazz music.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2025
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Noun
The video, which was archived on Facebook, showed Guevara walking away from protests after police asked demonstrators to disperse.
—Marlon Sorto, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
The presentation video and measurement data is now archived in FIT’s institutional repository where researchers, faculty, students, and fashion industry professionals will have access to it.
—Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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Information from the Sun Sentinel archives contributed to this report.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Joni Mitchell’s next deep dive into her archives will focus on the singer-songwriter’s decades-long exploration into jazz music.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2025
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There are also formal living and dining rooms, a bar area, a library flanked by offices, and a posh primary suite flaunting a private patio, sitting room, and deluxe bath with a sauna, steam room, and huge freestanding tub.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
30 June 2025
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The portion of Prager’s uniform will be shown among the other displays in the RUTH exhibit, which opened at the library in January and features keepsakes and stories from San Diego County survivors of the Nazi extermination campaign against European Jews during World War II.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2025
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True, though Counsell did compile a 5.5 WAR with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2005, eighth among National League position players.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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So much so that prices of goods overall in the US have risen relatively little since 2001, whereas services are now twice as expensive, based on official data compiled by the company.—
Olesya Dmitracova,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
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Turing patterns explain how groups of cells can organize themselves into distinct organs and limbs.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
30 June 2025
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Lucile Bluford Day in KC The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated - Beta Omega Chapter is organizing events in honor of Bluford on Tuesday at the Kansas City Public Library.—
Ramal Nasim,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2025
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Edit, convert, compress, and batch process your documents in one place and with ease.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
4 June 2025
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There are also plenty of recipes that can be made and frozen-ahead, which makes baking a second (or third) batch a smart idea.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2025
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Thank you to the governor for collating and publishing the information and to Attorney General Phil Weiser for spearheading lawsuits that have resulted in fewer cuts (at least thus far) than might have transpired.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
20 June 2025
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The Trump administration has tapped Palantir, a company that specializes in using AI for data analytics, to collate and analyze data about Americans.—
Christopher Ramezan,
The Conversation,
12 June 2025
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The challenge right now is to synchronize and systematize data collection and reporting such that meeting the current assortment of local, national and international requirements does not create an undue strain on the core business or leave that business open to risk of non-compliance.—
Mary Foley,
Forbes.com,
1 July 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
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Nolan Arenado has long been linked to the Dodgers in trade rumors.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2025
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For example, cheerful and colorful tattoos were often linked to assumptions of higher agreeableness.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Indie Sleaze Returns in Full Force Fans of early 2000s and 2010s indie rock had their plates full this year, with a lineup stacked with bands that did numbers on Tumblr back in the day.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
30 June 2025
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Middle Eastern shawarma is usually prepared with thin cuts of seasoned meat that is stacked and grilled on a spit.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 June 2025
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“Archive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archive. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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