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noun

plural of archive

as in libraries

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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present tense third-person singular of archive

as in compiles

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Recent Examples of archives

Noun

Both books are living archives that name the dead and artfully discuss systemic injustice. — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 The curators instead drew on specialist museums, private collectors, fashion houses, as well as Printemps’ own archives. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026 The library and archives contain more than seventy-five thousand titles, including rare volumes produced as early as 1529. — News Desk, Artforum, 9 Sep. 2026 See the full list | Exclusive Challah From the Courier Journal recipe archives. — Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Sep. 2026 Best Brunch Muffins This classic blueberry recipe from our archives is loved by readers. — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 6 Sep. 2026 Like museums, Freezing is a non-invasive, preservation-friendly option used by libraries and archives to stabilize moldy books until they can be properly cleaned. — Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2026 Gloria’s Foundation, a nonprofit organization, hopes to preserve the feminist ethos of that building, as well as the activist’s own archives. — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 From a consideration of apoptosis—the orderly elimination of damaged or unnecessary cells—Solé moves on to failing machines, eroded memories, vanished languages, brittle digital archives, and more. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Our cities need our property taxes for libraries, schools, public hospitals, police, fire, garbage pickups and roads.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
As IndieWire previously reported, about 500 previously purchased StudioCanal titles were set to disappear from PlayStation customers’ video libraries in the United Kingdom and parts of Europe on September 1 because of expiring licensing agreements.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of libraries

Verb

Vertical stacking cuts heat The approach is based on Huawei’s LogicFolding architecture, which stacks active chip layers vertically instead of placing all the circuitry across a conventional two-dimensional layout.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
As the house begins to rise, the crew stacks wooden cribbing, like Lincoln Logs, into pillars underneath, to help support the structure.

— Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026

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Perim Island divides the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a vital trade route situated between Yemen and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa, that links Asia and Europe via the Red Sea and Suez Canal.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Irish Examiner links Gen Z’s embrace of baking and other grandma hobbies to their visibility on TikTok and Instagram, and SheThePeople describes nostalgic, hands-on hobbies becoming trendy on those feeds.

— Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of links

Verb

And the new Personalized Intelligence update collates data across the lot.

— Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Munro pointed to changes made at BBC Arabic, including overhauling its Press Review item — which collates media reporting from the Middle East — and bolstering editorial leadership and accountability at the service.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025

Definition of collates

Verb

Once a week, Hall piles his three kids in the car, drives five minutes to Costco and turns into the second row of the parking lot.

— Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 30 July 2026
According to relationship experts at The Gottman Institute, couples who talk through those details in advance tend to adjust more smoothly and argue less about the small stuff that piles up after move-in day.

— Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of piles

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Bassey signs, Ike balls out An hour after the Warriors officially signed reserve center Charles Bassey to a one-year deal, Graham Ike did his best to show that the backup center position should still be considered in flux.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
The second and third outs were called third strikes, both of them initially balls before All-Star catcher Realmuto challenged through the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS), or so called robot umpires, that will be used in the regular season for the first time this year.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026

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