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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Recent Examples of archives
Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026
This provides users with scalable local storage for AI datasets, production archives or high-resolution media libraries.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present.
—Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
The Lemon Grove City Council last week unanimously approved a $240,000 contract to remodel the city’s audiovisual system, a move that will modernize meeting accessibility, streamline archives and put the city in line with new state requirements.
—Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
On February 20, 1933, a bitterly cold winter day, President Hoover had laid the cornerstone of the new archives.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Other projects have already been announced, including Amelia, also from West and Cohen, about the life of Amelia Earhart; Fred Armisen is Lost in Sound, in which the comedian looks into the Universal Music Group archives to find the stories behind the music.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 May 2026
Officials said additional files will continue appearing online in the coming weeks as agencies review and declassify more material from government archives.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
Gunty was Blackstreet Capital Management’s managing partner at the time, court filings and website archives show.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 7 May 2026
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 17, according to the Tribune’s archives.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026
This provides users with scalable local storage for AI datasets, production archives or high-resolution media libraries.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present.
—Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
The Lemon Grove City Council last week unanimously approved a $240,000 contract to remodel the city’s audiovisual system, a move that will modernize meeting accessibility, streamline archives and put the city in line with new state requirements.
—Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
On February 20, 1933, a bitterly cold winter day, President Hoover had laid the cornerstone of the new archives.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Other projects have already been announced, including Amelia, also from West and Cohen, about the life of Amelia Earhart; Fred Armisen is Lost in Sound, in which the comedian looks into the Universal Music Group archives to find the stories behind the music.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 May 2026
Officials said additional files will continue appearing online in the coming weeks as agencies review and declassify more material from government archives.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
Gunty was Blackstreet Capital Management’s managing partner at the time, court filings and website archives show.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archives
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Shamrock is hardly the only investment vehicle in the media and banking eco-system focused on acquiring high-wattage and evergreen movie and TV libraries and reliably turn out a steady cash flow.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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The city passed a $6 billion financial package in March guaranteeing 90-98% tax breaks for the company, in exchange for about $650,000 in fees to schools, libraries and other Independence taxing jurisdictions.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
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Data from the Institute, which compiles reports from the anonymous accounts of its customers, also showed that more expensive gas has pulled some spending away from discretionary items, defined as those outside groceries, gas, and utilities.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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This list compiles some of the odd jobs and mundane occupations of famous scribes.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
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The three-story house, designed by architect Leigh Snow and built by developer Yousef Audi, stacks 3,573 square feet of living space up a steep incline carved out by a massive concrete retaining wall.—
Sandra Barrera,
Oc Register,
13 May 2026
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The whole pitch falls flat if WWE just stacks the card with names already over — there's nothing to learn about Oba Femi's audience pull when his Raw run already has the building behind him.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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The service links clients to Miller, an independent specialist broker with Lloyd’s of London market access.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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The Temple of Heaven links political authority to agricultural abundance.—
Xianda Huang,
The Conversation,
16 May 2026
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And the new Personalized Intelligence update collates data across the lot.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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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
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More specifically — and without spoiling a story that piles the twists as high as the corpses — Pine's an ex-British soldier pulled from his porter duties and recruited to surveil a ruthless arms dealer, Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) staying at the hotel.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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The result piles more pressure on Starmer, the least popular prime minister since records began, according to some polls.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
27 Feb. 2026
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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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Arrange dough balls 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets.—
Holly Riordan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Mar. 2026
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Liquidity cluster Wells Fargo added that most liquidity already clusters around the market open and close, making the idea of stretching trading hours even further counterproductive.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
16 Dec. 2025
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These two effects, together — of galaxies moving with varying speeds through environments of varying densities — make rich galaxy clusters the ideal environments to find galaxies that experience the greatest amounts of stripping from within them.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Nov. 2025
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“Archives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archives. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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