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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

Saint Laurent has extraordinary archives, codes and savoir-faire, Charbit said. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026 The men methodically planned the robbery, according to the Herald archives. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026 Nora invited the band down to New York, where the archives were housed at the time. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2026 New York has incredible archives that show what these places looked like decades prior, and those images often provide inspiration for signage today. — Emma Jacobson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026 Then there are the treasures from the Alexander McQueen and Nicolas Ghesquière-era Balenciaga archives. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026 Renters and homeowners can also receive help from the SBA, according to Post-Tribune archives. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026 On film preservation, a pressing issue across Asia, Homma says the work of archives and collecting institutions has never been more critical if more films are not to be lost or left unrestored. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Oct. 2026 Gates, who now stewards the photographic archives and periodicals of the Johnson Publishing Company, has exhibited it in different forms. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for archives

Noun

The Biden administration had appointed that coordinator in the Office for Civil Rights in 2023 to address book bans in schools and provide guidance on when removing books from school libraries might violate civil rights.

— Alex H. Poole, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
More than 50 sites will get chargers over the next 18 months, the spokesperson said, and the city has been retrofitting existing public stations and adding chargers at libraries and recreation centers.

— Ella Chakarian, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of libraries

Verb

Janney also compiles plenty of cackles as Polly’s newly sober sister, Silda.

— Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Nominated for five Critics Choice Documentary Awards, the film compiles footage William Greaves shot in 1972 of a gathering of Harlem Renaissance luminaries at Duke Ellington’s townhouse.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026

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Verb

But if the other two deals look more enticing, don't worry—this deal stacks with both the Simplicity Plan and myPlan promotions above.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026
Now it’s bested itself, unveiling a sub-1 nm chip that roughly doubles that density using NanoStack technology, which stacks transistors vertically, building up rather than out.

— Micheline Maynard, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of stacks

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Iran sits along both the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and notably, the narrower Strait of Hormuz, which links the two.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
This interaction links the magnetic behavior of electrons and nuclei, allowing changes in one spin to influence the other.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of links

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Starting last October, hackers gained access to a system operated by the Defense Manpower Data Center, which collates Department of Defense personnel records.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
And the new Personalized Intelligence update collates data across the lot.

— Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

Definition of collates

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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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