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
Elliott Ramos, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Angie Marchese, vice president of archives and exhibits at Graceland, came up with a few more boxes of unseen footage, a stash of Super 8 movies of Elvis that included rare footage of Elvis with his wife, Priscilla Presley, and only child, Lisa Marie Presley.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026
IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026
Events will focus on Altadena and Palisades areas to help bring together fire survivors, who can share and archive their stories and experiences.
—City News Service, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Because the release includes a huge archive of Epstein’s emails, many pages are not informative and several are duplicated.
—Elliott Ramos, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Angie Marchese, vice president of archives and exhibits at Graceland, came up with a few more boxes of unseen footage, a stash of Super 8 movies of Elvis that included rare footage of Elvis with his wife, Priscilla Presley, and only child, Lisa Marie Presley.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
Huge amounts of data could be archived in a compact format for millennia, by using lasers to encode that data into glass.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026
Events will focus on Altadena and Palisades areas to help bring together fire survivors, who can share and archive their stories and experiences.
—City News Service, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archive
Noun
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That approach consumed many tokens as tool libraries grew.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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The division also generated double-digit revenue growth in Zoo 55, its content library monetization unit, through digital distribution.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Lee and Booker compiled their stats without playing the fourth quarter.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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Last year IndyStar compiled the history of Indy's longest-running bars, bakeries and restaurants.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The garden workspace offers ample room to plant seedlings, mix soil, and organize tools with its flat work surface, drawer, hooks, and shelf.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Mar. 2026
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LaFayette was one of a delegation of Nashville students who in 1960 had helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which organized desegregation and voting rights campaigns across the South.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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One person’s voice is heard in the video instructing people which batch to light first.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Include specific time commitments and batch creation strategies.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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That's the highest proportion among its large-bank peers, according to data collated by CNBC.—
Leslie Picker,Ritika Shah,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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Humans can collate and organize data collections in weeks or months with a dedicated effort.—
Kriti Sharma,
Fortune,
15 Jan. 2026
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These are metrics that can be verified and systematized, reflecting Clark’s experience as a programmer.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Jan. 2026
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MarketONE, built by Amdocs, is one example of how companies are trying to systematize that work.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
Verb
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For example, the size of Little Foot’s eye sockets may have been due to changes in visual acuity or the environment — and linked with an extended visual area in her brain, something identified during previous research by Beaudet and her colleagues.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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Last year, the financial center was forced to suspend companies linked to Iranian oil trader Hossein Shamkhani after a Bloomberg story exposed the network.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Hoagies, of course With roots in Philadelphia, PrimoHoagies promises authentic East Coast–style sandwiches stacked high on seeded rolls and built with serious intent.—
Jamie Graziano,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Mar. 2026
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Shelves are stacked with hardback books and vases and walls adorned with sea life prints.—
Tim Chester,
Robb Report,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Archive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archive. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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