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
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The interview also reframes the list as a narrative project: one in which Black Midwestern life is not merely archived but curated, conjured, and interpreted.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 17 July 2025
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Newspaper archives reference a parking garage on the site going back a century.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The assurance of data protection begins with the environment in which data is developed, stored, shared and archived.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The interview also reframes the list as a narrative project: one in which Black Midwestern life is not merely archived but curated, conjured, and interpreted.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 17 July 2025
Verb
However, a driver is not legally obligated to submit to a field sobriety test, pre-arrest test or cheek swab at a DUI checkpoint, according to the Law Offices of Grech and Parker in Riverside.
Field sobriety tests are subjective and may not accurately measure sobriety, according to Bee archives.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Newspaper archives reference a parking garage on the site going back a century.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
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French doors with a transom window in the living room lead to a room that could be a home office, den, or library.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
17 Aug. 2025
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The library is closed for the rest of the day and will reopen Sunday.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
16 Aug. 2025
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In the ugliest defeat of a season belatedly compiling them, the New York Mets blew an early 6-0 lead Wednesday to fall to the Atlanta Braves 11-6.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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To compile the report, researchers found the suburb with the highest mean household income for each of the 50 largest metropolitan areas.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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The situation has become so desperate that locals organized their own firefighting efforts when professional resources couldn't reach their area.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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Because the core hasn’t changed: how care is organized, how people are incentivized, how trust is built.—
Rajan Kohli,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Successful implementations typically use schema-aware tools that preserve metadata and support both batch and streaming pipelines to ensure consistency downstream. 2.—
Abhik Sengupta,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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An employee takes photos of items using a smartphone, then batch uploads those photos to Photoroom, which helps even out the image and adds a neutral, uniform background.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Aug. 2025
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In 2025 Upwork’s research team collated a list of the top 25 freelance and gig opportunities with the highest hourly rates, from its platform.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The cherry blossom quotes were collated by travel blogger Nina Ahmedow, who writes at Lemony and Luggage.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
2 July 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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The pair was first linked in November 2024 at an Elie Saab fashion show afterparty in Saudi Arabia, per Billboard.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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At various points in Douglas Luiz’s career, Milan, Manchester United and Chelsea have all been linked with moves for him.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
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And the new interim administration is stacked with loyalists and active military officers.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
17 Aug. 2025
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He’s stacked good days at camp that has earned praise from Prescott, and his performance Saturday offers optimism that he’s improved in the run game under new defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Archive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archive. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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