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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Aidan Ryan
june 4, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
But the prospect of identifying them emerged only after the team located handwritten lists in an archive that name the soldiers in that hospital.
—CBS News, 4 June 2025
Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Witnesses who called 911 at first reported as many as 20 people in the water, according to first responder radio communications archived by the site Broadcastify.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
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Noun
Every biography begins with a unique set of constraints: there are only so many knowledgeable sources, only so much already written about a subject, only so many boxes in the archive.
—Aidan Ryan
june 4, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
But the prospect of identifying them emerged only after the team located handwritten lists in an archive that name the soldiers in that hospital.
—CBS News, 4 June 2025
Verb
And for years, a press release with the quote was archived on the city’s website.
—Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Witnesses who called 911 at first reported as many as 20 people in the water, according to first responder radio communications archived by the site Broadcastify.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
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The council restored all recreation center hours, restored full Monday hours at 16 of the city’s 37 branch libraries and reversed plans to remove beach fire rings and close many public restrooms in beaches and parks.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025
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This means training businesses, libraries and public service workers to interact compassionately with people living with cognitive impairments.—
Taylor Penn-Vessels,
Baltimore Sun,
18 June 2025
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But their flammable nature has made for dangerous work conditions: Since 2010, at least 52 fires have broken out at the facilities that make wood pellets across the US, according to a database of incidents compiled by the Southern Environmental Law Center.—
Tom Brown,
Wired News,
14 June 2025
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And decision-making is more seamless because agentic systems provide full transparency through real-time reporting, eliminating the need to compile data across disparate systems.—
Pradeep Govindasamy,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Gracie Oaks Versus 20-Pair Shoe Storage Cabinet Keep your shoes neatly organized with this storage cabinet, which conceals up to 20 pairs.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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In 2020, government stimulus efforts overwhelmed financial systems, and fraud rings used that window to organize, fund and scale.—
Rodney Drake,
Forbes.com,
6 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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This transition involves several key components: • Efficient Proof Aggregation: By batching multiple zk-proofs into a single aggregated proof, verification costs are significantly reduced.—
Ayush Gupta,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Next-gen, cloud-native technology can collate data to guide decision-making, pattern detection and crime fighting, which can enhance situational awareness in the field and proactive community response.—
Matthew Polega,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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What To Know The Dossier Center's post said that Russian agents had been tasked by their superiors in early 2025 to urgently collate data on Kremlin critics influencing public opinion.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Mar. 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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Crow systematized the sour mash process, introducing scientific rigor to bourbon production.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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With earnings linked to cryptocurrency activity, interest rates, and regulation, the stock could just as likely drop to $20 or even lower if market sentiment changes.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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There’s only three places where the two are linked.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
10 June 2025
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Better yet, some of these finds are already on sale, and certain codes can be stacked on top of those discounts.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
17 June 2025
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Sandwiched between the ocean and the Oregon Coast Range, U.S. Route 101 traces the state’s entire coastline, with wide beaches and jagged sea stacks on one side of the road and thickets of evergreen forest on the other.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
17 June 2025
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“Archive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archive. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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